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I'm David Remnick. Ever since the Supreme Court

ended Roe versus Wade in the Dobbs decision, voters have been pushing back

hard. Democrats outperformed expectations in the 2022 midterms and

every ballot measure that's been up for a vote even in the red state of Kansas has gone

for reproductive choice.

More voters than ever before call abortion their most important issue,

especially women under 30.

If Kamala Harris prevails in the election,

it will likely be on the strength of the pro-choice vote.

Donald Trump is frantically backpedaling from his success in overturning Roe,

but he doesn't seem to be on the same page as his running made J.D. Vance, who recently called for defunding Planned Parenthood.

The president and CEO of Planned Parenthood is Alexis McGill Johnson, and the group is spending upwards of 40 million dollars. is a

Lexis McGill Johnson and the group is spending upwards of 40 million dollars in this election

to try to secure abortion rights once again.

Just a few days ago, just a while back, Senator J. D. Vance, the Vice Presidential

nominee for the Republican, said this. On the question of

defunding Planned Parenthood, look, I mean our view is we don't think that

taxpayers should fund late-term abortions. That has been a consistent view of the

Trump campaign the first time around and it will remain a consistent view.

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