This week on The News Agents USA: Are Republicans changing their stance on abortion?
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🗓️ 15 November 2023
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Emily and Jon host a weekly US politics podcast; giving you everything you need to know about the world of US politics and how it affects you.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.2 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.9 | Last time we spoke to you, it was all doom and gloom for Joe Biden after a devastating set of polls in the New York Times. |
| 0:20.3 | And then came some voting in Ohio. |
| 0:23.9 | Good morning, Robin. |
| 0:24.8 | This was a huge night for Democrats, scoring big wins in several races, |
| 0:29.3 | proving the political potency of the fight for abortion and giving the party a big boost |
| 0:34.4 | with the presidential election now just a year away. |
| 0:41.6 | Abortion access is the law of the land in Ohio. |
| 0:43.9 | In Kentucky. |
| 0:45.9 | Thank you, Kentucky. |
| 0:48.0 | In Virginia. |
| 0:52.0 | Well, we were just talking about one of these races in Virginia Beach, and News 3 is now projecting that Michael Fagans is going to win and that puts |
| 0:55.1 | the Democrats over the top in the House of Delegates. News 3 now projecting that they will be |
| 1:00.8 | in the majority right now with 51 seats and we already told you about this one but right now |
| 1:06.4 | news three projecting the Democrats also in the majority in the Senate. |
| 1:16.1 | And they paint a rather different picture of the state of play in US politics. One of the themes of the Democrat successes was abortion rights. |
| 1:21.8 | And this has left the Republicans panicking. |
| 1:25.0 | They're wondering if they need to have a whole new rethink on their position, on abortion. |
| 1:30.2 | That's all coming up on the Newsagents, USA, on Global Player. |
| 1:41.8 | Thanks for listening to the Newsagents podcast, brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 1:49.8 | Okay, James, I need you to do a few more drops than yesterday, I'm afraid. |
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