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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Texas abortion law: How are Supreme Court justices leaning?

    The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in two challenges to Texas’ law that bans almost all abortions in the state. One came from clinics in Texas over the provision that lets private individuals sue to try to enforce the ban.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Nov 1, 2021 • 10m Listen

    The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in two challenges to Texas’ law that bans almost all abortions in the state. One came from clinics in Texas over the provision that lets private individuals sue to try to enforce the ban. The second challenge came from the Department of Justice over whether or not the federal government can sue to block a state law.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Snail Mail: How Lindsey Jordan quickly became a world-touring musician after high school
    1. 0:00Texas abortion law: How are Supreme Court justices leaning?You’re reading this
    2. 10:29DOJ’s prosecution of Capitol insurrectionists is ‘almost schizophrenic,’ says federal judge
    3. 18:20What do California lawmakers hope to accomplish at UN climate summit in Glasgow?
    4. 26:19Snail Mail on falling in love, losing it, and the disillusioned viewpoint of her album ‘Valentine’
    5. 42:26Some virgin California condors are laying eggs — without help from males
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