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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    What abortion policies may look like in the Trump era

    Lawmakers in Ohio have passed a bill that would ban abortions from the moment a heartbeat is detected. Governor John Kasich hasn’t said whether he’ll sign it.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 7, 2016 • 1 min read

    Lawmakers in Ohio have passed a bill that would ban abortions from the moment a heartbeat is detected. Governor John Kasich hasn’t said whether he’ll sign it. Some Ohio Republicans said they were emboldened to support it after Donald Trump’s victory and the possibility that he might appoint Supreme Court justices more sympathetic to overturning Roe v. Wade.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    Abortion in the age of Trump
    1. 0:00What abortion policies may look like in the Trump eraYou’re reading this
    2. 9:09A history of presidential pardons
    3. 17:40Are Jews white?: Questions of identity and power
    4. 26:23Inside the big brains of octopuses
    5. 40:23Journalist transforms into a professional Instagramer
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