When is Government Control Over Personal Health Decisions Justified? Also, Did Humans Share the Earth with Hobbits?

May 17, 2022 00:51:40
When is Government Control Over Personal Health Decisions Justified? Also, Did Humans Share the Earth with Hobbits?
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When is Government Control Over Personal Health Decisions Justified? Also, Did Humans Share the Earth with Hobbits?

May 17 2022 | 00:51:40

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James Keys Tunde Ogunlana

Show Notes

With the Supreme Court reportedly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, James Keys and Tunde Ogunlana discuss how the decades long effort which brought us here and consider what types of circumstances justify, and do not justify, the government dictating personal healthcare decisions (01:40).  The guys also take a look at recent research which establishes that modern humans were around much earlier than previously believed (34:35).

Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows (Politico)

How the Supreme Court went from cementing abortion rights in Roe v. Wade to drafting their demise (CNBC)

Where Americans Stand On Abortion, In 5 Charts (538)

What Is Jacobson v. Massachusetts? How Supreme Court Ruled on Vaccine Mandate in 1905 (Newsweek)

Oldest remains of modern humans are much older than thought, researchers say (USA Today)

There used to be nine species of human. What happened to them? (National Post)

What if other human species hadn't died out (BBC)

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