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Freethought RadioFighting for FreedomHerb Silverman tells us how he fought the state of South Carolina to allow atheists to run for public office, and Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, describes the state of abortion rights across the country.
2025-11-2049 min
Freethought RadioFighting for FreedomHerb Silverman tells us how he fought the state of South Carolina to allow atheists to run for public office, and Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights, describes the state of abortion rights across the country.
2025-11-2049 min
Pro Politics with Zac McCraryThe Ballad of Mary BonoSend us a textMary Bono served 15 years in the House, representing a Palms Springs-based seat in Riverside County, CA. She initially entered politics and the House after the tragic passing of her late husband Sonny Bono - the world-famous singer / TV star turned mayor and ultimately congressman. In this conversation, she talks the political rise of Sonny Bono, running for and winning a seat in the House amidst tragedy, getting her bearings as a member herself, putting her own stamp on her service, taking tough votes as a moderate, championing the cause of prescription drug abuse...
2025-01-281h 05
Rachel Maddow PresentsDéjà News - Ep. 4: “It’s a Very Short Path”A new president with authoritarian tendencies packs the nation’s highest court, which then outlaws abortion – sparking not just a backlash, but a new coalition for democracy and the rule of the law. Rachel Maddow and Isaac-Davy Aronson explore how events abroad in just the last few years might help us understand what is happening now in the United States.Featuring:Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic and author of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of AuthoritarianismMarta Lempart, founder of Polish Women’s StrikeNancy Northup, President and CEO of...
2024-11-2643 min
Rachel Maddow Presents: Déjà NewsEpisode 4: “It’s a Very Short Path”A new president with authoritarian tendencies packs the nation’s highest court, which then outlaws abortion – sparking not just a backlash, but a new coalition for democracy and the rule of the law. Rachel Maddow and Isaac-Davy Aronson explore how events abroad in just the last few years might help us understand what is happening now in the United States.Featuring:Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic and author of Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of AuthoritarianismMarta Lempart, founder of Polish Women’s StrikeNancy Northup, President and CEO of...
2023-07-1043 min
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics PodcastA Doctor And A Reproductive Rights Lawyer On Mifepristone and MisoprostolAs the nation watches for two federal courts' divergent rulings on medication abortion drugs, we explore the medicine, and the law underlying the cases.
On Today's Show:Nancy Northup, President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, explains what's on the horizon legally for mifepristone, and Dr. Kristyn Brandi, MD, OB/GYN, and abortion provider in New Jersey and Board Chair with Physicians for Reproductive Health, covers the medical ramifications of the rulings for those in need of the drug.
2023-04-1122 min
VelshiAbortion Pill RulingAli Velshi is joined by Former Sen. Doug Jones, (D) Alabama, Irin Carmon, Senior Correspondent at New York Magazine, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at the Center for Reproductive Rights, David Cay Johnston, Professor & Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at Syracuse University College of Law, Michele Goodwin, Professor at University of California at Irvine Law, Lisa Rubin, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rev. Al Sharpton, Host of MSNBC’s Politics Nation, Jalal Abukhater, Palestinian Writer based in Jerusalem, and Dan Kaufman, National Best-selling Author at ‘The Fall of Wisconsin: The Conservative Conquest of a Progressive Bastion and the Future of American Politics’.
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2023-04-091h 23VelshiTrump’s RevengeRep. Madeleine Dean (D) Pennsylvania, Maj. John Spencer (Ret.), Chair of Urban Warfare Studies, Madison Policy Forum, Imara Jones, Founder, TransLash Media, Rep. Stacey E. Plaskett (D) U.S.V.I., Noga Tarnopolsky, Independent Journalist, Nancy Northup, President & CEO, Center for Reproductive Rights, and Rep. Adam Schiff (D) California.
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2023-03-141h 25
Fast Politics with Molly Jong-FastDoug Balloon, Phillip Bump & Nancy NorthupDoug Balloon, who runs the hilarious Twitter parody account New York Times Pitchbot, stops by to tell us how much fun he is having harpooning the terrible hot takes of major political journalists. Nancy Northup, President of The Center For Reproductive Rights, talks to us about how the outcome of the midterms was determined by reproductive rights issues. And The Washington Post’s Phillip Bump talks us through Trump’s troubled relationship with the Constitution. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2022-12-0756 minVelshiTrump Associate Subpoenaed by Grand JuryAli Velshi is joined by Rep. Stacey Plaskett (D – U.S. Virgin Islands), Joyce Vance, Former U.S. Attorney, Nancy Northup, President & CEO for Center for Reproductive Rights, Dara Lind, Immigration Reporter, Jacqueline Alemany, Congressional Investigations Reporter, Daniel S. Goldman, Former House Impeachment Inquiry Majority Counsel, Caleb Silver, Editor-in-Chief at Investopedia, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Stephanie Land, New York Times Best-Selling Author of ‘Maid’, and Sarah Smarsh, Author of ‘Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth.
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2022-09-181h 29Velshi“PROBABLE CAUSE”Ali Velshi is joined by Democratic Representative Stacey Plaskett, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, former CIA officer David Priess, Center for Reproductive Rights’ CEO Nancy Northup, author Ellen Hopkins, New York Times photojournalist Lynsey Addario, Brookings senior fellow Andre Perry, Carol Leonnig of The Washington Post, NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali, and CNBC’s Annie Nova.
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2022-08-281h 25
More To Talk AboutDouble Feature: Dismantling Obstacles to Equality with ERA Coalition & Center for Reproductive Rights ft. Lea DeLaria, Gisela Chipe, Charlotte Clymer, & National Latina Institute for Reproductive JusticeSPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE EPISODE using the events of POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive as a launching point. 1 | Dismantling Obstacles to Equality: An Urgent Excavation In Honor of Pride and ResistanceIn POTUS, Bernadette (1 of the 7 women trying to keep a great dumbass alive) is the president’s look-alike sister and a proud lesbian who quickly proves that street smarts definitely belong in the white house. In conversation with Lea DeLaria (the actress who plays Bernadette), Carol Jenkins ( ERA coalition), Za...
2022-08-0842 minVelshiPost-Roe in Action in AlabamaAli Velshi is joined by Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Sen. Bob Casey, (D) Pennsylvania, Adm. James Stavridis, Fmr. Supreme Allied Commander at NATO, Fmr. Sen. Doug Jones, (D) Alabama, Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz SE, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at Washington Post, Michael Steele, Fmr. RNC Chairman.
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2022-08-061h 32VelshiSam Stein Guest Hosts for Ali VelshiSam Stein is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter at The Guardian, Tim O’Brien, Senior Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion, Carol Leonnig. Investigative Reporter at The Washington Post, Dr. Uché Blackstock, Founder & CEO of Advancing Health Equity, Jonathan Kott, Founder of Majority Makers, Nancy Northup, President & CEO of Center for Reproductive Rights, Dr. Melissa March, OB/GYN - Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Ryan Reilly, Justice Reporter at NBC News Digital, and Jacqueline Woodson, Author of ‘Brown Girl Dreaming’.
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2022-07-261h 24VelshiSam Stein is in for Ali VelshiSam Stein is joined by Hugo Lowell, Congressional Reporter for The Guardian, Barbara McQuade, MSNBC Legal Analyst, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA), Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of History at NYU, Zack Beauchamp, Senior Correspondent at Vox, Dean Obeidallah, Host of SiriusXM radio's ‘The Dean Obeidallah show’, Meridith McGraw, National Political Correspondent at Politico, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Mary Ziegler, Professor at UC Davis Law School, Hagar Chemali, Fmr. Spokesperson for U.S. Mission to the UN, Mary McCord, Fmr. Acting Asst. Attorney General for National Security at U.S. Department of Justice, Ben Collins, Senior Reporter for NB...
2022-07-161h 36
Laura Coates LiveSecret Service corroborates Hutchinson’s testimony on TrumpTwo Secret Service sources corroborate Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony, telling CNN that Trump angrily demanded to go to the Capitol on January 6 and berated his protective detail when he didn’t get his way. That, as the New York Times reports the Trump political organization pays the legal fees of some select committee witnesses, raising concerns of witness pressure.Nancy Northup is President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights. Her organization filed lawsuits this week that have succeeded in temporarily blocking abortion bans in Louisiana, Texas, and Florida. She joins to talk about the Op-ed she wrot...
2022-07-0242 min
Private Parts Unknown: Sex & Love Around the WorldAbortion State of Disunion: Roe v. Wade Has Been Overturned, Now What?In a very grim turn of events, Roe v. Wade was overturned by SCOTUS last week. For the 90th episode of Private Parts Unknown, we're going to hold space for that grieving process — and also hear directly from the people litigating the case and an organization at the forefront of the pro-choice movement about what this means, how we got here, and what's to come. Host Courtney Kocak gives her reaction to Friday news and shares her personal experience with abortion. Then we talk through the biggest takeaways from Friday's press conference, where the Center for Reproductive Rights and Mi...
2022-06-3051 minBrian Lehrer: A Daily Politics PodcastWays That The Fight For Abortion Rights Isn't OverIn the wake of SCOTUS's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, what does the future of abortion rights activism look like?
On Today's Show:Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, the lead litigator in the case, discusses her latest law case which delayed Louisiana's trigger abortion law and how people can get involved locally in advocating for the protection of abortion rights.
2022-06-2822 minLaura Coates LiveSupreme Court overturns Roe v. WadeIn a landmark case, SCOTUS overturns the constitutional right to abortion that had stood for half a century. Nancy Northup is the President & CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, and has tracked what would happen if Roe fell since 2004. She joins CNN Tonight to discuss how far she thinks some states will go in criminalizing abortion, how fertility services could be effectively outlawed in some states, and says her organization will now try to sue those states over their abortion bans to block them from going into effect.Democratic nominee for Georgia governor Stacey Abrams joins...
2022-06-2541 min
Skimm ThisReady for Prime Time: January 6 Hearings, Gun Legislation, Crypto in the Midterms
First: We’ve got the context on this week’s headlines: what to look out for in the Jan. 6 hearings, the latest on gun control legislation, and the gymnasts who are seeking $1 billion from the FBI.
Next: Primary elections are chugging along. And there’s one industry that’s making its mark with political donations this election season – crypto. We’ll explain which candidates crypto execs are supporting and why the industry’s got skin in the political game…in 60 seconds.
ICYMI: As we wait for the final SCOTUS ruling on Roe v. Wade, we sat down with the President and CEO of the Cen...
2022-06-0937 minLaura Coates LiveOklahoma Poised To Ban Abortion “From Fertilization”The Oklahoma legislature passes the nation’s most restrictive abortion bill, banning abortions from the moment of fertilization and allowing private citizens to sue abortion providers who “knowingly” perform or induce an abortion “on a pregnant woman”. Dr. Yashica Robinson, Medical Director of the Alabama Women’s Center, and Nancy Northup, President of the Center for Reproductive Rights, join to discuss.Nina Jankowicz is the former head of the newly created Disinformation Governance Board. She joins CNN Tonight to talk about her resignation three-weeks after being appointed, following attacks from far-right influencers who push the disinformation she was tasked w...
2022-05-2041 minVelshiA Post-Roe FutureAli Velshi is joined by Robin Marty, Operations Director at West Alabama Women’s Center, Nancy Northup, Center for Reproductive RightsPresident & CEO, Maksym Borodin, Mariupol City Council member, Petro Poroshenko, Former President of Ukraine, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D) Wisconsin, Fatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law Center President & CEO, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D) Massachusetts, Betsy Woodruff Swan, Politico National Correspondent, Melissa Murray, Professor of Law at NYU, and Mary Ziegler, Professor at UC Davis Law School
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2022-05-071h 40Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics PodcastTop Lawyer In Mississippi Abortion Case: 'Not Locked Out Of Court'If the Supreme Court overturns Roe, it still won't mean the end of lower court battles over abortion rights.
On Today's Show:Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is the lead litigator in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, discusses the status of abortion rights today, and what a Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade would mean.
2022-05-0621 min
SwayThe ‘Frighteningly Autocratic’ Implications of Overturning Roe v. WadeJustice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion has offered a chilling preview into what America will look like if Roe v. Wade is overturned. But the president and C.E.O. of the Center for Reproductive Rights, Nancy Northup, has been preparing for this battle. Her organization represents the Mississippi abortion clinic whose legal battle sparked the Supreme Court case, and Northup’s colleagues argued the case in front of the Supreme Court in December. “We are not waking up today to realize this was a threat,” she says. “We were looking at it back in 2004, and probably half the states...
2022-05-0531 minLaura Coates LiveSCOTUS Roe V. Wade Leak Sparks National ProtestsThe leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade sparks National protests, as Chief Justice Roberts launches leak investigation of what he calls “a singular and egregious breach of that trust that is an affront to the Court and the community of public servants who work here.” Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, and reproductive rights activist Diane Derzis, join to discuss what happens next for the abortion rights movement.Voters in Ohio and Indiana head to the polls in the first multi-state primary of 2022, with several republicans vying for...
2022-05-0445 minVelshiUkraine in ContextAli Velshi is joined by Dahlia Lithwick, Senior Editor & Legal Correspondent at Slate Magazine, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Anne Applebaum, Staff Writer at The Atlantic, Rep. Madeleine Dean, (D) Pennsylvania, Jake Ward, NBC News Technology Correspondent, Matthew Seligman, Fellow at Center for Private Law at Yale Law School, Jim Obergefell, Lead Plaintiff in Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), that legalized same-sex marriage throughout the United States, Lev Parnas, Former Associate of Rudy Giuliani, Wajahat Ali, Columnist at The Daily Beast, and Errin Haines, Editor-at-Large at The 19th.
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2022-01-311h 22VelshiOmicron, Abortion, and ArraignmentAli Velshi is joined by Mary Ziegler, Author of ‘Abortion and the Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present’, Alencia Johnson, Founder & Head of Impact at 1063 West Broad, Dr. Rick Bright, Senior Vice President of Pandemic Prevention and Response at The Rockefeller Foundation, Nancy Northup, President & CEO at Center for Reproductive Rights, Melissa Murray, Professor at NYU Law, Brad Raffensperger, Georgia Secretary of State, and Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, Founding Director at Boston University Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases Policy and Research.
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2021-12-041h 05
No Lie with Brian Tyler CohenManchin and Sinema act as major roadblock to entire Democratic agendaChaos erupts as Democrats deal with the bipartisan infrastructure package and the reconciliation package. Brian interviews Nancy Northup, the President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which is representing Dr. Braid – the physician who wrote an op-ed admitting he’d given a Texas woman an abortion in violation of the new abortion ban – now that he’s being sued. And Ben Wikler, chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party, joins to talk about the work he’s doing to help elect Democrats in one of the closest swing states in the nation.Donate to the Cen...
2021-10-0340 minVelshiThe Fight AheadAnand Giridharadas, in for Ali Velshi, is joined by Congresswoman Gwen Moore, Congressman Sean Casten, Rev. Dr. William Barber, Politico's Betsy Woodruff Swan, the Washington Post's Philip Bump, Center for Reproductive Rights President & CEO Nancy Northup, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, the New York Times' Katie Benner, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, Professor Dorothy Brown, and John Brown, a Missouri man who was evicted from his home and is traveling to Washington to help make the case for a federal eviction moratorium.
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2021-09-191h 25VelshiThe New Abortion WarAli Velshi is joined by President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights Nancy Northup, Miriam Camero from RAICES, Congresswoman Judy Chu, Congressman James Clyburn, New York Magazine senior correspondent Irin Carmon, the Washington Post’s Ruth Marcus, Texas State Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Dr. Uche Blackstock, Penn State professor and scientist Michael Mann, Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honore, former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade, and New York Times reporter Matthew Rosenberg.
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2021-09-051h 33
America DissectedPro-politics but anti-life in Texas with Nancy NorthupAbdul dissects the politics underneath Texas’s new anti-choice bill. Then he speaks with Nancy Northup, President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights about the wave of anti-abortion legislation sweeping the states, and what they mean for the fight over Reproductive Rights in the US.For a transcript of this show, please visit crooked.com/americadissected.
2021-06-0139 minVelshiInside the GOP’s January 6 CalculusAli Velshi is joined by Delaware Senator Tom Carper, U.S.V.I Representative Stacey Plaskett, Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs, Center for Reproductive Rights CEO Nancy Northup, Ronald Greene’s family lawyer Lee Merritt, award-winning humanitarian Hanan Ashrawi, Ronen Bergman from The New York Times Magazine, Katie Benner from The New York Times, NBC’s Richard Engel, MSNBC’s Hayes Brown, plus Anne Gearan, Jennifer Rubin & Eugene Scott from The Washington Post.
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2021-05-221h 34
On The Issues With Michele GoodwinJune Medical and the Future of Abortion RightsOn today’s show, we focus on June Medical v. Russo and the future of abortion rights—a case where the Supreme Court struck down a challenge to abortion rights in Louisiana, a state in which reproductive health care access is already fraught. The law would have required all doctors performing abortions to obtain hospital admitting privileges. Even though this case has put such challenges to rest, lawmakers in Louisiana have effectively undercut women’s access to reproductive healthcare, causing clinic closures and more. As our guests make clear, Roe is not enough. However, it’s not just aborti...
2020-07-281h 05
Freethought RadioSpooky TheocracyFFRF's state/church and freethought billboards are generating a lot of interest in Tennessee. FFRF's Steven Pinker TV ad is airing on "60 Minutes," and the Catholic League is angry about our national ads. After hearing the song "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" from "The Book of Mormon," we listen to Nancy Northup, director of the Center For Reproductive Rights, accepting FFRF's “Forward" Award and warning us to resist the scary Religious Right.
2019-10-3149 minFreethought RadioSpooky TheocracyFFRF's state/church and freethought billboards are generating a lot of interest in Tennessee. FFRF's Steven Pinker TV ad is airing on "60 Minutes," and the Catholic League is angry about our national ads. After hearing the song "Spooky Mormon Hell Dream" from "The Book of Mormon," we listen to Nancy Northup, director of the Center For Reproductive Rights, accepting FFRF's “Forward" Award and warning us to resist the scary Religious Right.
2019-10-3149 min
Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courtsGet Ready for the Most Significant Supreme Court Term in a DecadeDahlia Lithwick is joined by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, who explains the biggest cases facing the Supreme Court this term. Then Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, explains why the justices have decided to take up June Medical Services v Gee, the first big abortion case of the Kavanaugh era. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2019-10-0548 min
HysteriaClowns Out of ContextThis week Erin Ryan and Alyssa Mastromonaco talk about the impeachment circus. Then, Erin chats with Nancy Northup of the Center for Reproductive Rights on the abortion case that might hit the Supreme Court this term. And THEN, Megan Gailey, Naomi Ekperigin, and Dana Schwartz join me in studio to kick off October with an episode on fear. AND THEN, as always, our hills. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
2019-10-031h 29
Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes PodcastRoe V. Wade's Final Hour? with Nancy NorthupAre we on the precipice of one of the most destructive social reversals in the country’s history? President Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court justice initiated a heated conversation about the future of Roe v. Wade because, should he be confirmed, Kavanaugh would become the deciding vote on a ruling that could alter the lives of millions of women. This week, Chris Hayes speaks to Nancy Northup, the President and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, about not just the future of Roe v. Wade but about the legal history of abortion righ...
2018-08-0753 min