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The Road Ahead for Roe
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Length:
61 minutes
Released:
May 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Following the rare leak of a draft majority opinion in the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the prospect of partial or wholesale rollback of Roe v. Wade—and with it, the bodily autonomy of women and people who can become pregnant—now looms larger than ever in the United States. So in the wake of the leak that has everyone shook up, Rebecca sat back down with Ian Millhiser, a senior correspondent at Vox and Off-Kilter’s favorite court watcher for the inside scoop on the leak, what happens if Roe goes down, and how the Supreme Court has become, in his words, “one of the chief architects of America’s democratic decline.” And in the second half of the show, Rebecca talks again with Dr. Jamila Taylor, senior fellow and director of health care reform at The Century Foundation, to unpack why rolling back Roe would be a huge setback for women’s equality and economic justice; how out of step rolling back the clock on reproductive rights is with the will of the American people; what’s on deck in the states if Roe does go down; and the road ahead to fighting back. For more: Dig into Ian’s essay on how SCOTUS became “one of the chief architects of America’s democratic decline” Read Jamila’s statement responding to Justice Alito’s leaked draft opinion Here are tips on how to donate to a local abortion fund (via The Cut) Note: This is a corrected version of the audio.
Released:
May 16, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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