Maddow Blog | Media whiffs on the news in Trump's abortion statement as Dobbs becomes weaponized on global scale

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April 9, 2024 at 2:58 AM

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Rachel Maddow looks at the strangely compliant, Trump-friendly headlines in the media coverage of Donald Trump's remarks on abortion, and talks with Melissa Murray, law professor at NYU, about Trump's scattershot history on abortion rights and how the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision is taking on a life of its own as a tool of oppression around the world.

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