Rolling back Roe v Wade

The US Supreme Court docket leaked a draft opinion foretelling the tip of Roe v Wade, a regulation that retains abortion authorized throughout the USA.

Folks take part in a protest in New York's Foley Sq. after the leak of a draft majority opinion written by Justice Samuel Alito getting ready for a majority of the court docket to overturn the landmark Roe v Wade abortion rights resolution later this 12 months [Jeenah Moon/Reuters]

Final week, the world bought a glimpse of what's doubtless the tip of Roe v Wade, the USA Supreme Court docket resolution that has protected girls’s proper to abortion throughout the nation for nearly half a century.

What's going to all of it imply for ladies and democracy within the US? This episode of The Take appears for solutions.

On this episode: 

Amanda Becker (@AmandaBecker), Washington correspondent for @The19thNews

Amber Gavin, vice-president of advocacy and operations at A Girl’s Alternative Inc  (@womanschoiceinc)

This episode was produced by Amy Walters with Negin Owliaei, Ruby Zaman, Ney Alvarez, Alexandra Locke, and Malika Bilal. Alex Roldan is our sound designer. Ben Swire helped with this episode. Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.

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