It was a war of words on Tuesday morning, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed that President Donald Trump “is engaged in a cover-up.” Although still hesitating on impeachment, Pelosi said she believes the president is obstructing justice by refusing to cooperate with Congressional investigations. Trump quickly responded, moving the conversation away from himself to the now crumbling bipartisanship over infrastructure.
Impeachment talk is not the only issue framing politics this week. Abortion rights activists took to the streets in several cities, including Boston, to oppose strict new abortion laws in states like Ohio, Missouri, Georgia and Alabama. Many of them would prohibit abortion after the first six or eight weeks — before most women even know that they are pregnant. The measure in Alabama bans all abortion after that time frame, including in cases of rape and incest, unless the mother's life is at risk or the fetus cannot survive. Anti-abortion activists are hoping to take the case to the Supreme Court and repeal Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that first legalized abortion nationally.
The issue has made its way into the 2020 election conversation. With abortion and impeachment dominating the political divide, in the 2020 election, will these be the only issues that matter to voters?
Jim Braude is joined by Jennifer Braceras, conservative columnist Senior Fellow with the Independent Women's Forum, and Jesse Mermell, former communications director for Gov. Deval Patrick and former Vice President for External Affairs at Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts.
