Weekend Interviews: Rachel O’Leary Carmona and FL Rep. Anna Eskamani
The John Fugelsang Podcast
Crossover Media Group
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 30 December 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On this special weekend podcast - John speaks with the Executive Director of Women's March - Rachel O'Leary Carmona. They discuss a proposed abortion travel ban in Amarillo, Texas; the hypocrisy of the pro-life movement; and the failure of the right to see that abortion is a losing issue in the upcoming election. Then, John interviews Florida state Rep. Anna Eskamani. They talk about Florida governor Ron DeSantis' epic crash in the polls, the tragic story of Florida resident Anya Cook who was denied prenatal health care when her water broke before viability, and Florida House Bill 49 which removes certain employment restrictions for minors 16 & 17 years of age.
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| 0:00.0 | This is serious XM. I'm John Fugel-Sang podcast. |
| 0:07.0 | This is Serious XM. I'm John Fugel saying so by now I assume you've all learned the story of |
| 0:16.0 | Kate Cox Texas mom of two received a diagnosis of Trissomie 18 a chromosomeal anomaly in her fetus, that in all but very rare cases results |
| 0:26.2 | in miscarriage, stillbirth, or an infant's death within the first year after birth. |
| 0:30.9 | Her doctor said that an abortion would be the safest option for her health since |
| 0:35.7 | there was no way the fetus inside of her could survive. Ms. Cox has been to the |
| 0:40.2 | emergency room four times during the course of her pregnancy for |
| 0:43.8 | discharge and cramping so the doctors agreed for her own reproductive health |
| 0:48.4 | for her own reproductive freedom and long-term well-being it was best to terminate this pregnancy and try again. |
| 0:56.1 | Keep in mind that under Texas law any doctor convicted of performing an abortion can face a prison |
| 1:00.6 | term of up to 99 years and fines of at least $100,000. |
| 1:05.0 | Also keep in mind the majority of women who terminate pregnancies are in fact |
| 1:10.1 | mothers. So first a court in Texas as as you know, said Ms Cox could have an abortion, |
| 1:15.1 | another court, and the corrupt impeached Texas Attorney General said she couldn't, so she did |
| 1:20.2 | what any Texas resident did who didn't want to be pregnant and forced to be so by the state. |
| 1:24.8 | She left the state. |
| 1:26.0 | Terminated her pregnancy in another state as so many women have to. |
| 1:30.7 | Now the Amarillo City Council has announced it's going to consider a proposed abortion travel ban. |
| 1:37.0 | Yes, they're going to try to ban women from leaving the state to go to states where this procedure is legal. |
| 1:43.8 | This is where I remind you that abortion is healthier and safer than pregnancy or childbirth. |
| 1:50.0 | It's madness, I know. |
| 1:51.5 | But is this the next battlefield in the War for Freedom of American Women? |
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