If you’ve been paying attention, you are aware of the erosion of reproductive freedoms in this country. Usually draped in a veil of concern over women’s health, state-level restrictions on abortion providers have, directly or indirectly, drastically reduced the options for women. The gap between the theoretical right to abortion and the practical ability to exercise that right has become a chasm.
You aren’t alone if this inequity makes you mad and sad, but what John Oliver does in this bit — where his true comedic skills lie — is manage to coax laughs out of the outrage.
Plus the shots against Planned Parenthood v. Casey are worth the price of admission.
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…And SLOTHS!!! A bucketful of them. That’s just Oliver’s way of smoothing out the rough edges after tackling this difficult subject.