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The Docket: After A Half Century, Roe V. Wade Faces An Uncertain Future

The Docket: After A Half Century, Roe V. Wade Faces An Uncertain Future

FromThe NPR Politics Podcast


The Docket: After A Half Century, Roe V. Wade Faces An Uncertain Future

FromThe NPR Politics Podcast

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Length:
16 minutes
Released:
Sep 29, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Dec. 1 in a case from Mississippi that tests whether all state laws that ban pre-viability abortions are unconstitutional. That case poses a serious challenge to Roe v. Wade, the decision that originally permitted abortion nationwide. For this episode we look at what the court was thinking when they decided Roe in 1973, and what the court may do in the upcoming term.This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith and legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.orgJoin the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
Released:
Sep 29, 2021
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Podcast episode

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