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Jul 2022
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Overturning Roe Didn’t Happen Overnight ...

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Gloria is joined by Jessica Arons, senior policy counsel at the ACLU, to talk about the decades-long legal battle by abortion rights opponents to overturn Roe. They discuss how we got here, what’s being done to get our rights back, and what the Dobbs decision will mean for our already inadequate child care system. Plus, Jessica tells the personal story of what made her devote her life’s work to fighting for reproductive rights.

 

Check out these resources that Jessica mentioned on today’s show: Keep Our Clinics, National Network of Abortion Funds, and We Testify.

 

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