Wednesday, August 3rd, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, News Commentary, Daily News, Politics

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Today's headlines: Kansas voters rejected a measure that would remove the right to an abortion from the state constitution, while a bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation that would codify the right to an abortion into federal law. Then, The DOJ has filed its first lawsuit since Roe was overturned against a state abortion ban, Florida’s abortion plan is being challenged in new lawsuits by 7 religious leaders in the state, and the senate voted last night to pass legislation expanding health care benefits the millions of veterans. Finally, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to take her trip to Taiwan against China’s wishes. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: NPR: Voters in Kansas decide to keep abortion legal in the state, rejecting an amendment NY Times: Bipartisan Abortion-Rights Bill Sets Up a Midterm Debate Washington Post: Justice Dept. sues Idaho over near-total abortion ban coming Aug. 25 Washington Post: Clerics sue over Florida abortion law, saying it violates religious freedom CNN: Senate passes long-sought bill to help veterans affected by burn pits Washington Post: White House scrambles to avoid crisis amid Pelosi visit to Taiwan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, August 3rd, and you're listening to the Morning Announcements presented
0:06.4	by Betches Media.
0:07.4	I'm Sammy Sage, and this episode is brought to you by BetterHelp.
0:11.1	BetterHelp online therapy will assess your needs and can match you with your own license
0:15.0	professional therapist in less than 48 hours.
0:23.8	Yesterday was primary election day, and we have to talk about a big abortion vote that
0:27.9	was on the ballot in Kansas.
0:29.9	The first of its kind since the end of row.
0:33.1	Kansas voters rejected a measure that would remove the right to an abortion from the state
0:36.6	constitution.
0:37.6	In other words, yay!
0:39.6	I'll be back tomorrow with more primary day analysis from Kansas, Arizona, Michigan, Missouri,
0:45.2	and Washington.
0:46.7	Like Steve Kornacki, except without the map and with seriously inferior math skills.
0:57.2	A bipartisan group of senators have introduced legislation that would codify the right to
1:01.1	an abortion into federal law.
1:03.4	That is, if it can pass the 60-vote filibuster threshold.
1:07.5	Senators Lisa Marckowski, Susan Collins, Tim Cain, and Kiersten Sinema are the team behind
1:11.9	this legislation, and the bill aims to invalidate state abortion bans that impose a quote,
1:16.4	undo burden on access to pre-viability abortions while also allowing some reasonable limits
1:21.6	on post-viability abortions, so long as they don't impact the life and help of the mother.
1:26.7	But also guarantees access to contraception that the bill does not define what constitutes
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Betches, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Betches and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.