Plus: Don’t Count on Abortion Clinics to Help 10-Year-Old Sexual Abuse Victims
July 13 2022
Good morning from Washington, where Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee reimagine abortion in the wake of the Supreme Court’s overruling of Roe v. Wade. Doug Blair and Evalyn Homoelle report. Planned Parenthood has a lousy record of fighting child sexual abuse, Katrina Trinko writes. On the podcast, two Heritage Foundation legal experts tell Virginia Allen about what comes next for the nation’s highest court. Plus: a House panel turns to former extremists to tar Trump, and the defense budget comes under a heavy fire of amendments. On this date in 1985, the 16-hour Live Aid “superconcert” begins in London (and later Philadelphia, among other places) to raise money—ultimately over $125 million—to help famine victims in Africa.
After Sen. Josh Hawley said, “No, I don’t think men can get pregnant," he was attacked by a witness at an abortion hearing, who said, "Then, you’re denying trans people exist."
This week, many House members are proposing amendments to the defense bill that push everything from climate change to radical diversity initiatives to crippling budget cuts.
Will we ever know who leaked the Dobbs draft opinion? How will Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson change the Court? Heritage Foundation legal experts Zack Smith and GianCarlo Canaparo discuss.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggests sending video clips of unrest in Sri Lanka to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to show her the likely outcome of Green New Deal policies.
The move to recall District Attorney George Gascon comes in response to his rogue and radical policies, which have wreaked havoc in Los Angeles County.
