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The Fight Over Abortion Is About to Get Extremely Local

The Fight Over Abortion Is About to Get Extremely Local

FromThe Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism


The Fight Over Abortion Is About to Get Extremely Local

FromThe Waves: Gender, Relationships, Feminism

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Dec 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

On this week’s episode of The Waves, Slate’s news director Susan Matthews interviews the Nation’s abortion-access correspondent, Amy Littlefield about her reporting for her recent New York Times piece, “Where the Pro-Choice Movement Went Wrong.” They start by talking about how America got to the precipice of overturning Roe v. Wade, and whether reproductive rights advocates are prepared for the fight to come. Later in the show, they discuss how women will continue to access abortion without Roe, and why organizing needs to become more local. 

In Slate Plus Susan is joined by What Next senior producer Danielle Hewitt and The Waves producer Cheyna Roth to talk about the upcoming Sex and the City TV sequel, And Just Like That...  
 
Podcast production by Cheyna Roth with editorial oversight by Susan Matthews and June Thomas. 
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Released:
Dec 9, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

The Waves is a weekly conversation about news and culture examined through the lens of gender and feminism. Every other Thursday, join the hosts—Slate staff writer Christina Cauterucci, Marcia Chatelain of Georgetown University, Thirst Aid Kit's Nichole Perkins, and Slate Podcasts' June Thomas—for frank discussions about the ways gender shapes everything. Our new name reflects generations of women from the various waves of feminism, the sound waves that carry us to your ears, and the waves we intend to make.