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What impact is religion having on the Brett Kavanaugh story?
We discuss what the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court will mean for women’s rights. Are the prospects for Roe vs Wade - the 1973 landmark decision on the constitutionality of laws which sought to criminalise or restrict access to abortion – really as bleak as commentators suggest? We hear about the legal and political challenges ahead and what role the supreme court will actually play.
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