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Global impact of Roe v Wade being overturned
Global impact of Roe v Wade being overturned
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20 minutes
Released:
Jul 8, 2022
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Podcast episode
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On Friday 24 June, the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade ending 50 years of federal abortion rights. 26 stats are expected to ban abortion immediately or as soon as possible.
The ruling has sent shockwaves throughout the US where pro-choice supporters immediately condemned it while many conservatives praised the decision
President Biden condemned the ruling, calling it a “tragic error” and even accused the Supreme Court of “Outrageous behaviour”.
But what will be the impact of this ruling outside of the US? How will it affect women’s rights globally? Will this decision open the door to other rights that have previously been protected?
These are the questions that we will be looking at in this episode of What Matters Today.
My guest for this episode is Dr. Nicole Bourbonnais who is an Associate Professor of International History and Politics here at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Dr Bourbonnais’ research focuses on the transnational history of reproduction, population, sex, motherhood, and the family in the 20th century.
Her first book, Birth Control in the Decolonizing Caribbean: Reproductive Politics and Practice on Four Islands, 1930-1970 traced how birth control campaigns in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and Bermuda were shaped by colonialism, nationalist movements, social activism, and working class women’s efforts to control their reproductive lives.
Credits: Channel 4 News
The ruling has sent shockwaves throughout the US where pro-choice supporters immediately condemned it while many conservatives praised the decision
President Biden condemned the ruling, calling it a “tragic error” and even accused the Supreme Court of “Outrageous behaviour”.
But what will be the impact of this ruling outside of the US? How will it affect women’s rights globally? Will this decision open the door to other rights that have previously been protected?
These are the questions that we will be looking at in this episode of What Matters Today.
My guest for this episode is Dr. Nicole Bourbonnais who is an Associate Professor of International History and Politics here at the Geneva Graduate Institute.
Dr Bourbonnais’ research focuses on the transnational history of reproduction, population, sex, motherhood, and the family in the 20th century.
Her first book, Birth Control in the Decolonizing Caribbean: Reproductive Politics and Practice on Four Islands, 1930-1970 traced how birth control campaigns in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, and Bermuda were shaped by colonialism, nationalist movements, social activism, and working class women’s efforts to control their reproductive lives.
Credits: Channel 4 News
Released:
Jul 8, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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