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Politically Georgia podcast: Abortion ruling squeezes state leaders

Abortion rights activists marched to Underground Atlanta from the Georgia Capitol on Friday, June 24, 2022. The protest followed the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs, which overturned Roe v Wade. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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Abortion rights activists marched to Underground Atlanta from the Georgia Capitol on Friday, June 24, 2022. The protest followed the Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs, which overturned Roe v Wade. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)
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June 29, 2022

In this episode of the Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Greg Bluestein and Patricia Murphy discuss the pressure from officials and advocates who want Gov. Brian Kemp and Stacey Abrams to take more strident positions on abortion.

Plus, our insiders take a closer look at the fallout from the latest testimony in the Jan. 6 committee hearings.

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Greg Bluestein is the Atlanta Journal Constitution's chief political reporter.

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Patricia Murphy is the AJC's senior political columnist. She was previously a nationally syndicated columnist for CQ Roll Call, national political reporter for the Daily Beast and Politics Daily, and wrote for The Washington Post and Garden & Gun. She graduated from Vanderbilt and holds a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University.

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