Trump says he will vote against Florida's abortion rights ballot amendment
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🗓️ 31 August 2024
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Former President Donald Trump says he will vote against a ballot amendment in Florida that would overturn the state's six-week abortion ban.
USA TODAY Senior National Political Correspondent Sarah D. Wire discusses what's at stake over felon voting in Nebraska.
There's a new turn to the Adnan Syed case in Maryland.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Saturday August 31st, 2024. This is the |
| 0:18.8 | excerpt. Today a closer look at Trump's latest comments on abortion. Plus debates |
| 0:26.8 | over felon voting in Nebraska and how a number of dams across the country are |
| 0:31.5 | in danger of breaches. |
| 0:33.0 | Former President Donald Trump said yesterday he will vote against a ballot measure in his home state of Florida that would overturn the state's six-week abortion ban. |
| 0:43.0 | His decision is a turnaround from just 24 hours earlier |
| 0:46.6 | when he appeared open to the amendment. |
| 0:48.7 | Trump this week also said he supports mandating that insurance companies cover the costs of in vitro fertilization. |
| 0:54.8 | The issue entered the national spotlight after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled this year |
| 0:59.6 | that the embryos created during IVF are legally protected like children after the overturning of Roe versus Wade. |
| 1:06.0 | Conservative evangelical Christian voters continue to wrestle with a shifting Republican stance on abortion, |
| 1:12.0 | and this week's tensions are a continuation of a debate |
| 1:15.0 | that erupted ahead of the Republican National Convention in July when the Religious Right urged the |
| 1:20.5 | GOP not to soften its stance on abortion. You can read more with a link in today's |
| 1:26.1 | show notes. |
| 1:32.1 | Nebraska restored the right to vote to felons 19 years ago, but now the |
| 1:36.4 | attorney general and Secretary of State there say that the law is |
| 1:40.0 | unconstitutional. I spoke with USA Today, Senior National Political Correspondent, |
| 1:44.6 | Sarah D. Wire, to learn more. |
| 1:47.0 | Sarah, thanks for wrapping on. |
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