009 - Roe v. Wade with Jessie Wade

Harini Iyer -

We are so happy to introduce Jessie Wade in this episode about the overturning of Roe v Wade to explain the background of abortion rights so we can begin to unravel the effects that this decision will have on women in the US.

Some of the topics we will cover include:

  • abortion legislation globally
  • how many women are directly impacted
  • the background of Roe v Wade (1973)
  • Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992)
  • Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022)
  • trigger laws in the US
  • the history of modern anti-abortion rhetoric including midwifery and eugenics
  • the class and racial disparity
  • examples of information about safe abortions

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