Since we last spoke
with John Nichols of The Nation a lot has happened… from Republicans in the
Senate once again failing in their attempt to repeal of the ACA to the news
that Reince Priebus has been replaced by John Kelly as Chief of Staff. John
returns to the show today to talk all about these issues and whole lot more,
John is The Nation’s national-affairs
correspondent, a contributing writer for The Progressive and In These Times
and the associate editor of The Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin.
Conservatives in
Washington have tried for years to defund Planned Parenthood and limit federal
support for reproductive-health care, however it was in Texas that they truly
pioneered a model for sabotaging family-planning services through severe budget
cuts and paralyzing regulations. Shortly after Texas enacted unprecedentedly
harsh anti-abortion measures in 2011, clinics across the state didn’t just see
budget cuts; many had to close altogether, leaving many communities without an
affordable source of family-planning services; and we’re now seeing the effects
of this unprecedented attack and according to new economic research, the impact
is not what conservatives planned for.
Joining me today to talk all about the impact that Texas’s anti-abortion
crusade is having in the Lone Star state is Michelle Chen who is a contributing writer for The Nation.
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