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Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: E24 0425 BIDEN TRUMP REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
HEADLINE: Biden says Trump responsible for “cruelty and chaos” over abortion
TEASER: Trump says abortion decisions should stay with states
PUBLISHED AT: 4/24/2024
BYLINE: Scott Stearns
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DATELINE: Denver
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[[U.S. President Joe Biden is making reproductive rights a centerpiece of his re-election campaign, blaming his opponent Donald Trump for opening the way to stricter state abortion laws. In this presidential campaign, Trump is pursuing a more moderate position on abortion than some in his Republican Party prefer. VOA Correspondent Scott Stearns has our story.]]
((AP Video ID: 4490414, Apr 23, 2024))
1. President Joe Biden walks up to podium
3. Cutaway of audience chanting, "Four More Years!"
((NARRATOR))
Joe Biden campaigned on reproductive rights in Florida, where a state ban on abortion beyond six weeks becomes law next week.
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
((Joe Biden, US President))
"It's criminalizing reproductive health care before women even know whether they're pregnant. I mean, this is bizarre."
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17. VARIOUS OF SIX-WEEK ABORTION BAN PASSING FLORIDA HOUSE
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The Florida abortion law will be one of the nation’s most restrictive and is…
12. VARIOUS OF CPAC 2022 EXHIBITION HALL WITH CROWDS AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR, RON DESANTIS
((NARRATOR))
… a victory for the state’s conservative Republican leaders, says University of Miami law professor Caroline Mala Corbin.
13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR OR LAW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW, CAROLINE MALA CORBIN, SAYING:
((Caroline Mala Corbin, University of Miami School of Law))
"For those people whose religion teaches that life begins at conception, and therefore pregnancy is the moral equivalent of a human being, this decision is obviously a triumph."
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1. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP ENTERING ROOM
2. TRUMP WALKING TO LECTERN AND GREETING ATTENDEES
13. TRUMP SHAKING HANDS / PUBLIC CHANTING (English): "Four more years."
((NARRATOR))
It is also a political challenge for Donald Trump, who says the Florida law goes too far but who also wants to remind anti-abortion voters that he ended federal abortion protections…
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9. MAN KNEELING IN FRONT OF SUPREME COURT HOLDING SIGN 'PRAY FOR AN END TO ROE VS WADE'
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… with Supreme Court appointments that shifted the judicial majority on the court and overturned Roe v. Wade.
((AP Video ID: 4490414, Apr 23, 2024))
5. Cutaway of Biden speaking
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The Biden campaign sees that as a political opportunity.
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
((Joe Biden, US President))
"For 50 years, the court ruled that there was a fundamental constitutional right to privacy. But two years ago, that was taken away. Let's be real clear: There's one person responsible for this nightmare, and he's acknowledged, and he brags about it: Donald Trump.”
((Nat sound: Crowd boos))
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9. TRUMP WALKING UP TO SUPPORTERS ON THE TARMAC
((NARRATOR))
Trump does brag about it and did so again in a video on his social media site this month.
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((TRUTH SOCIAL VIDEO at 3:08))
((CREDIT: Donald J. Trump via Truth Social / @realDonaldTrump))
((Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate))
“This 50-year battle over Roe v. Wade took it out of the federal hands and brought it into the hearts, minds and vote of the people in each state. It was really something. Now it’s up to the states to do the right thing.”
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3. VARIOUS OF FLORIDA IMMIGRATION ACTIVISTS, MEETING AND SPEAKING ON ABORTION RIGHTS
((NARRATOR))
The challenge is when states do things with which Trump does not agree. Like Florida.
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1. SIGN AT PRO-ABORTION RALLY READING (English) "Here for my daughters' bodily autonomy'
2. MAN
3. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE HOLDING SIGNS
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And like Arizona, where the state supreme court upheld an 1800s ban on nearly all abortions.
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1. Various demonstrators supporting abortion rights holding up signs along road, cheering, encouraging cars to honk horns in support
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Voters in Arizona and Florida will both have abortion rights measures on their November ballots.
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5. Wide of Issue 1 signs outside Knox Presbyterian Church
6. Medium of person voting at New Life Temple Church
1. Various of supporters of Ohio’s Issue 1 celebrating
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Similar initiatives in Kansas and Ohio over the last two years have been losing propositions for Republicans. And Trump is reminding supporters about the electoral vulnerability of abortion.
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((TRUTH SOCIAL VIDEO 3:22))
((CREDIT: Donald J. Trump via Truth Social / @realDonaldTrump))
((Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate))
“Like Ronald Reagan, I am strongly in favor of exceptions for rape, incest and life of the mother. You must follow your heart on this issue, but remember, you must also win elections to restore our culture and in fact to save our country, which is currently and very sadly, a nation in decline.”
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7. Wide cutaway of Biden speaking
((NARRATOR))
It’s a vulnerability Biden is pressing.
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Joe Biden, U.S. President:
((Joe Biden, US President))
"Donald Trump is worried voters are going to hold him accountable for the cruelty and chaos he created. Folks, the bad news for Trump is we are going to hold him accountable. We are. He should be held accountable."
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5. MARCHERS HOLDING BANNER READING (English): "OUR BODIES, OUR ABORTIONS"
6. FOGO AZUL NYC, ALL WOMEN DRUM LINE MARCHING IN FAVOR OF LEGALIZED ABORTION
7. ANTI-ABORTION PROTESTER CARRYING A SMALL PLASTIC BABY USING A MEGAPHONE SPEAKER TO LEAD CHANTS
8. ACTIVISTS CHANTING
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As part of its push on reproductive rights, the Biden administration this week strengthened medical records privacy for people traveling across state lines. It is aimed at protecting women who live in states where abortion is illegal from being prosecuted in that state for having an abortion elsewhere.
((Scott Stearns, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
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Embargo DateApril 24, 2024 21:09 EDT
BylineScott Stearns
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