After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortions in the United States actually went up, in part because of a novel legal strategy that pitted blue states against red states.
Pam Belluck, who covers health and science for The Times, discusses that strategy and explains how proceedings against a New York doctor could take it apart.
Aug 2022
What’s It Like to Be a Red-State Abortion Doctor Post-Roe?
The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the precedents set by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which established the right to abortion in the U.S., has created a chaotic legal situation as conservative states rush to ban the procedure. On this week’s show, Vanessa ... Show More
29m 1s
Mar 2024
Blue State Barriers and the Messy Map of Abortion Access
<p>As blue states try to shore up access to abortion and reproductive care, some are facing a threat they didn’t see coming: Catholic health care mergers.</p>
<p>In the first segment, Reveal’s Nina Martin takes us to New Mexico, a blue state that’s been working hard since the U. ... Show More
50m 36s
Jun 2025
Carole Joffe and David Cohen on their book After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but not Abortion
<p>Immediately after the <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization </em>Supreme Court<em> </em>case<em> </em>that overturned<em> Roe v. Wade,</em>shock, sadness, and anger were predominant. But even still, abortion providers, abortion fund workers, and other advocates and ... Show More
46m 21s
May 2023
Alicia Gutierrez-Romine, "From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969" (U Nebraska Press, 2020)
In From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969 (U Nebraska Press, 2020), Alicia Gutierrez-Romine examines the history of criminal abortion in California and the role abortion providers played in exposing and exploiting the faults in California’s anti ... Show More
55m 12s
May 2021
The Supreme Court Case that Threatens Roe
<p>On Monday, May 17th, the Supreme Court announced that they would hear a court case, <em>Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (JWHO)</em>, out of Mississippi that seeks to ban almost all abortion at 15 weeks or later.<b> Dr. Daniel Grossman</b>, obstetrician/gynecologis ... Show More
25m 5s