A leaked draft Supreme Court opinion suggests the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe versus Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. How did we get here? This is Banned, a new narrative podcast that tells the story of how one Mississippi law could end the right to legal abortions in the United States — and overturn Roe v. Wade. Hosted by journalist Rosemary Westwood, Banned is a production of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio, WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio and PRX.
A leaked draft Supreme Court opinion suggests the US Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe versus Wade, ending the constitutional right to an abortion in the United States. How did we get here? This is Banned, a new narrative podcast that tells the story of how one Mississippi law could end the right to legal abortions in the United States — and overturn Roe v. Wade. Hosted by journalist Rosemary Westwood, Banned is a production of WWNO New Orleans Public Radio, WRKF Baton Rouge Public Radio and PRX.
EP 4 – The Strategists. Abortion rights activists have been warning for years that it’s only a matter of time before the battle over Roe v. Wade is lost. We follow how the 15-week ban moved through the federal courts and arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court with perfect timing, thanks to the persistence of anti-abortion activists, a bit of luck, and the failures of the abortion rights movement.
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