The Death of Roe

The court that Trump built seems poised to set women’s rights back a century with the overturning of Roe v. Wade. We talk about the history of a woman’s right to choose, the fundamental dishonesty of the pro-life movement, the myth that the religious right has always been anti-abortion, and the threat this decision will have, not only on women’s rights, but on the legitimacy of the Supreme Court itself.

SOURCES:

https://www.plannedparenthood.org/files/3013/9611/5870/Abortion_Roe_History.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/opinion/abortion-texas-mississippi-rape.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/12/abortion-abortion-oral-argument-supreme-court/620874/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&utm_content=20211201&utm_term=The%20Atlantic%20Daily

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/12/01/fundamental-deception-behind-pro-life-movement/

https://www.ajmc.com/view/us-ranks-worst-in-maternal-care-mortality-compared-with-10-other-developed-nations

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Moral-Majority

https://www.cnn.com/2016/06/23/health/abortion-history-in-united-states/index.html

https://www.amazon.com/When-Abortion-Was-Crime-1867-1973/dp/0520216571

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