Jon Stewart on America's Decades-Long Battle for Reproductive Rights | The Daily Show 

I do not understand how a country can be so pro-life and yet be so anti-life when it comes to protecting people from guns. Absolutely baffling.

I will say it every time it comes up: virtually no one waits until the third trimester of pregnancy to make up their mind that they don't want to have the kid after all. Late-term abortions happen because of severe complications, danger to the mother's life, death or guaranteed death of the child, etc. They are not murders or callous acts of indifference. They are medical emergencies, tragic losses of children who were wanted, and deeply traumatic experiences for the parents. Let them have the medical care they need and let them grieve in peace.

Working as healthcare professional in an ER, I have a very different viewpoint I feel from most people who argue this. The rule is that if someone pregnant comes to us needing help, before 20 weeks, they stay at the ER, after 20 weeks, they go upstairs if they're having pregnancy related symptoms. And the reason for this is simple, because before 20 weeks there's nothing we can do except make certain the life of the mother is not under threat. We can make sure that they're not going to have an ectopic pregnancy, or bleed to death. Threatened miscarriages are such a routine part of life that people don't even think anymore of how many pregnancies result in a miscarriage before then. There's nothing that can be done. So seeing people criminalized or being told no, for something I see like 10+ women come in every day in our ER for just their body not letting carry to term? All the people who say abortion is immoral, and miscarriages are god's will? I can't reconcile that. The 'intentionally' doing something the body does every day to so many women as a natural process being disallowed, or even being criminalized is absurd. Post 20 weeks, the argument changes, because the thing is, it's so disingenuous to claim people just want to abort post 20 weeks...? They don't. Abortions post 20 weeks happen for saving the life of the mother, or cases of horrid abnormalities incompatible with life - or that they believe will cause untold suffering to the child. It's almost always a tragedy of someone who actually desired the child. But we see people sensationalizing the fringe cases where it's something else, that case that happens less than a decimal of a percentage point and using it to punish everyone else and claim 'No, this fringe case personally offends me, so I'm taking the option away from someone whose baby has developed without a brain.' Something's gotta change, we can't have an honest conversation when someone is arguing with the most out there cases without having any real exposure to what most women go through.

The awesome thing about Jon is that when he was toe to toe with Mike Huckabee he wasn't combative, but he was having a conversation where he was an active participant and didn't just let him get his talking points out. He challenged him on what he was saying in pointed and relevant ways instead of just parroting his own talking points. And this was on a comedy show! Modern "journalists" have no excuse to not at least meet the standards of a comedy show.

Huckabee saying the government doesn't have the right to own people then quoting the founding fathers who literally owned people is a strong line of argument. /s

It's always "every human life has value" until that human life is that of a foreign migrant or refugee in another country

As a central European, the US discussions about abortion are completely nuts to experience.

I always think of the line from "Veep" where Julia Louis-Dreyfus says, "Let's face it, if men got pregnant, you could get an abortion at an ATM."

Geroge Carlin said it best "They are all in favor of the unborn, they will do anything for the unborn, but once youre born youre on your own"

"I don't think they have thought through the implications of abortion." Sir I don't think you have thought through the implications of an unwilling person being forced to raise a human being.

Mike huckabees statement about 'owning a person' is hillarious given modern 'parental rights'

"No one is worth more than another, no one is worth less than another." This has been proven false time and time again by our politicians and society at large.

Takes decades to get rights, takes days to lose them.

It's frightening how far back we've come...

What some don't seem to get is that after a miscarriage, quite often, a woman needs a D&C. This would be considered a Dr assisted abortion procedure. It can be absolutely necessary to save the expectant mother's life.

It'll never cease to amaze me how the people yelling "every life is sacred" are the same ones who want everybody to have guns, support the death penalty and are predominantly pro-war. MaKeS a LoT oF sEnSe!

Our Founding Fathers had no problem with abortion. Benjamin Franklin wrote a pamphlet on methods for abortions and the services were advertised in newspapers.

My view on abortion is simple “it’s best done by a trained doctor rather than with a coat hanger”

Bro, at one point the Daily Show has Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, AND Steve Carell! 🤯🤯🤯

The title for this should maybe be "Jon Stewart on America's Centuries Old Battle to See Women as Full Humans with the Right to Make Decisions You Can't Control and May Not Like."

"It comes down to this: can a person own another person? Our founding fathers believed that everyone had equal rights." Yeah, unless you were a woman, Black, or Indian.

Commenting here from 2024 where two of my closest friends spouses almost died in childbirth in the united states. Everyone talks about sanctity of life. But nobody talks about the fact that just carrying a child to term is in an itself, a risk. Nor are they talking about the permanent changes that can be inflicted to a woman's body after going through childbirth. The government trying to take away choice from women is criminal.

8:00 any man that carries around a picture of someone else's 4 year old child needs to be on a watchlist

Man, that clip of Jon talking to Mike Huckabee really drives home how insane Mike has grown in his old age.

That bit of jumping to all the male correspondents was hilarious, crazy to see Steve Carrell and Colbert as correspondents

"What happens when we train the next generation that it's okay to take a human life when that life becomes an interference with ours," says the party advocating for Stand Your Ground laws that allow you to use lethal force against people walking through your yard.

6:17 I forgot he brought up our Founding Fathers in the same thought train as no one has the right to own another person? Your Honor, I present to you definitive proof of why we need to better fund education.

Gotta love that no one pointed out that birth control fixes or at least treats a myriad of issues (endometriosis, adenomyosis, PCOS, etc) and therefore should be covered by insurance regardless.

Abortion is not just for ending pregnancy. Abortion is removing all tissues and fluids related to pregnancy. If the fetus never developed and has no viability, you still need an Abortion to remove it.

For as long as we've been listening to this debate, the pro-birther argument has never once made an ounce of sense.

Watching this enrages me. We've been fighting for our rights for so long and now they've been taken away, in this day and age its shameful!!

Here you can really see how he settled in to his job. In those days he was a comedian first, and being on the comedy channel, all his efforts were on trying to be funny. Around the time of his interview on "Crossfire", he started really flexing his own intellect, with new respect for his audience. He still makes us laugh, but he also makes us think. Rock on, Jon!

The Mike Huckabee segment was a perfect example of how someone in his position is unable to argue his position as logic gradually erodes his argument. By the end of that segment he was clutching at anything he could.

90% of abortions here in Ottawa are performed on women who want a healthy baby but can't bring a healthy foetus to term. The average age of first childbirth is 36, with many healthy births to women in their mid 40s. Children are very expensive, and parents are right to delay until they have paid off debts and are financially ready... If Conservatives are worried about the long term implications of a 1.3 fertility rate, let them declare so and take appropriate measures to incentivize wanted pregnancies, and not bring contorted religulous notions about where life begins into it...

Late term abortions (which isn’t even a medically recognized term) are rare and are almost entirely cases where someone desperately wants a baby, but the fetus has a condition that is “not compatible with life”.

I had the immense pleasure of seeing the Daily Show with JS in December 2006. His show got me interested in politics and news. So glad to see him back!

Something I learned studying Global Health at University of Washington - reproductive rights, access to reproduction control, abortions, contraception, is the single best measure of a nation's economic wellness, by a massive margin. No rights, no abortion access, is the literal best way to stay a 3rd world country. Introducing reproductive rights, abortion access, is the literal best way to rapidly improve standards of living. Anti-abortion policies are anti-wealth, anti-health, anti-hope.

Not your body, not your business. Not your personal life, not your business. 2024: Mind Your Own Business

That was not engrained in law. That was in the Declaration of Independence, Huckabee!!

I just want a straightforward way to watch old daily show episodes rather than montages. I was too young to be watching but would still be interested in seeing them.

The IVF conversation is maddening. Every person going through ivf wishes nothing more than that each embryo is a child. But it’s not reality, as many are painfully aware.

“Can the government own the mother?” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 No one other than the woman considering an abortion (for whatever reason it may be) and her doctor should be making a medical decision for that woman. PERIOD. FULL STOP.

It's real simple: You can decide for yourself. But NOT other people.

"Can a person own another person? Our founding fathers said that hold these truths to be self-evident and that all people are created equal." Okay Mike I need to make a compromise with you. You don't have to agree with me all of the way though, you just have to meet me three-fifths of the way.

It is such a joy to have Jon Stewart back!

That 2000 cast was insane!!!

Seeing young Steve Carell and young Stephen Colbert was quite the treat

I remember watching all of these clips live! 😆 I can't believe what we have allowed to happen in this country. Men treating women as property of the state.

Equal, except for that whole 3/5ths thing. Right Mikey? Reminder these people aren’t ProLife, they are AntiChoice.

It’s really awful how far back we seem to be going

I'm so incredibly glad that we don't have to see or hear Mike Huckabee nearly as much anymore.

Jon is back. Each show has been a world of learning truth. Our world has a chance now

Jon Stewart is still incredibly hilarious, all these years later. Keep up the great work!

Y’all notice huckabee got the declaration of independence line word-for-word but conveniently said “people” instead of “men”

I feel like these deep cuts are going to be background for the Monday segments... I'm in... I don't have cable, and I'm not going to get it, but I'll watch the segments and you'll get the ad revenue. A half hour a week isn't going to make me get cable again. Love JS, glad he's back, even part time. I'd love to contribute to an episode of who JS being back only one day a week is the strongest argument for a 4 day work week ever put forward.

I do think its brilliant though, now watching more of this vid, how such opposed opinions are able to carry on a respectful conversation. Hurray to both of them

im liking these compilations of what Stewart has been advocating for years

Actually, the constitution says “all men are created equal”. Something that is a very self-evident truth if you are a woman and/or BIPOC living in America.

The older I get, the more absurd and indefensible pro-life positions seem. Just admit this is all about your religion. Pro-life people believe they should impose their religious view of when human life begins on everyone.

I wish there was a time log/list of every clip in this compilation. You really see the evolution of tv production and Jon Stewart.

I didn't know how much I missed you John Stewart!

I like how Huckabee casually slides support for filial laws in there. Glad hes out of office. Making paying a company money for something you didnt agree to is insanity.

Dictating what a woman can or in this case can't do with her body, literally tramples over her right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

Did i miss an episode im not sure if hes off this week or im just missing it idk :( dont mind seeing old clips but looking forward every monday to seeing a new oneI hope you guys upload them all

What IS IT with America and extremism.

It's bewildering to see a pro-life advocate have a civil discussion, and being chill enough to laugh at the jokes. We're beyond those times sadly.

more of these compilations please

Thanks again

I knew the first MD, Dr. David Gunn who was murdered in early nineties. It still haunts me. It is so much worse today.

The digital de-aging used on Jon for this episode is incredible.

the second clip was absolutely perfect

Loved seeing the old correspondents!

Watching that interview between him and Huckabee makes me realize how much discourse has devolved. Even if I vehemently disagree with Huckabee's point of view, I can respect that the conversation was civil and to some degree productive. That never happens between two people on opposite sides of a hot button issue like this anymore.

I think there should be a bonus episode of the Daily Show every week that is all clips of past shows that prove things don't change..or maybe do

“Hold that thought honey”, switches to Nancy’s soon-to-be husband, followed by a young Colbert 👌🏻 Jon Stewart has brought us so much in satire and basic human decency over the years. So grateful he’s back💙

Jon educating people does a better job than American schools, politicians, and news channels. Make this man President.

It still doesn’t make sense to me how the pro gun party is the same as the pro LIFE party

When people argue against abortion rights to me, I reply that I do not recognize anyone's authority to demand a woman must carry her unborn child to term.

Come on... only a few weeks in, and already the first clip show? 😁 ...great show!

No episode of present day Jon?

Here’s my take: while I am generally against abortion morally (obviously sometimes there is no other option which I understand), I will never judge someone for it. And the government has no right to insert themselves into your doctors appointments. Whatever happens to your body is between you and your doctor. Period. Ain’t no one else’s business.

“If we outlaw abortion only outlaws will have abortions”… Sounds a lot like what second amendment purists say when outlawing some guns comes in a conversation.

Please make more of such videos

Other talks shows have gone for a break, but the daily show goes on, 6th successive week for a Jon Stewart segment.

Funny seeing Steve Carell and Nancy Walls in a skit together knowing they were married in real life. Took me a second to realize that was "Carol Stills" from The Office.

Brillant! And spot on!! Vote blue, people!! Best wishes from abroad in Europe/Switzerland!! Thank you!! 💙💙

Wow. Back when people who disagree with each other could sit down and have a respectful healthy dialogue. I miss those days.

Continue your work Jon. And thank you.

“The issue is so much more than about the pragmatic question of whether or not someone should have access to a medical procedure, it’s actually about this nebulous principle I claim to have and lord over my political opponents when it’s convenient (and completely ignore when it isn’t)”. Thanks Mike! So glad you really contributed to the abortion conversation! There’s a medical procedure that’s really popular in Canada you should look into

Thank you for coming back this year. We need you to help us through the year ahead!!!

oh man that entire last segment starting at 8:41 is just pure gold. I forgot how funny that show was when it was firing on all cylinders.

Great example of engaging with different views in a civilized reasoned manner. When opposing views are debated people can understand the positions and make their own informed decision.

I am 100% pro choice and for abortion. Still, it was surprisingly refreshing to see two adults talk about a polarazing subject in a civil, gentle tone, even with humor and some sort of "we don't agree, but let's talk about it". Hardly ever happens anymore, anywhere.

As much as I detest his view on the subject, I respect Huckabee for going on a show that was clearly not aligned with his ideals. I think it's important to have these debates with people outside of the little content bubbles we tend to live in. Jon Stewart used to do that by going on Fox News. Nowadays, it's rare to truly hear two sides of a story.

We will always need you Jon Stewart - and we love you ❤

2:24 Steve Carell calling in from home 😂

Warms my heart to see a civil discussion on this topic. Or any topic for that matter. I miss those days.

You know everything is messed up with the GOP when huckabee sounds sane.

Every life has value. And so why do we have the death penalty?

I like how Mike huckabee started talking about the founding fathers and completely leaving out the fact that they literally owned slaves.