<p>In June 2022 the United States Supreme Court passed what became known as ‘the Dobbs decision’. In doing so they overturned the long standing constitutional right for women to access abortion in the US.
Since then a number of states have banned abortion completely with many others having highly prohibitive rules. You’d expect the numbers of abortions to ... Show More
Apr 18
Is Trump right that wind turbines are killing millions of birds?
US president Donald Trump is no fan of wind turbines, or windmills as he calls them.Not only does he think they ruin the view from a golf course he owns in Scotland, but they are also deadly to birds.“If you love birds, you’d never want to walk under a windmill,” he said in 2019. ... Show More
9m 5s
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
May 2025
A New Front Line for Abortion Rights
<p>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.</p><p>Pam Belluck, who covers health and science for The Times, discusses that strategy and ex ... Show More
25m 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
24m 35s
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
45m 51s
Nov 2024
Why Abortion Rights Won Even as Kamala Harris Lost
<p>Last Tuesday, voters across the country approved measures to protect abortion rights, while rejecting the presidential candidate who claimed to champion those same rights.</p><p>Kate Zernike, who covers the issue for The Times, explains that gap and what it tells us about the ... Show More
25m 25s