Air Date: 10-4-2024
When women's value is seen only in relation to their ability to bear and raise children, you get policies that strip them of the right to choose whether that is something they actually want for themselves - the lived consequences are devastating.
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KEY POINTS
KP 2: Where Did MAGA's 'Post-Birth' Abortion Claim Come From? - NowThis Impact - Air Date 9-12-24
KP 3: Woman Shares 'Trauma' of Abortion Bans During Senate Hearing - NowThis Impact - Air Date 9-24-24
KP 6: Texas Republicans ARE KILLING WOMEN!!! - Brittany Page - Air Date 9-26-24
KP 7: Everyone Loves Someone Who's Had an Abortion - The Defenders - Air Date 12-30-23
(48:52) NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
On the further demands for reproductive justice
Articles:
We Need Better Than a Return to the Roe Status Quo
National Abortion Rights Groups Have the Wrong Priorities for Our Movement
Abortion Access Right Now Fund
DEEPER DIVES
(56:49) SECTION A: THE CASUALTIES
A1: Trump-Vance Ticket and the He-Man Woman Haters - Hysteria - Air Date 9-19-24
A2: Exactly how Trump could ban abortion - Vox - Air Date 9-9-24
A4: How Texas' Abortion Ban Increased Infant Deaths - Mama Doctor Jones - Air Date 9-8-23
(1:32:58) SECTION B: RELIGION
(2:00:00) SECTION C: THE PUNISHMENT IS THE POINT
C1: Blue State Barriers and the Messy Map of Abortion Access - Reveal - Air Date 3-8-24
C2: A Right-Wing Conspiracy Overturned Roe, Then Came Back for More. - Grave Injustice - Air Date 3-9-24
(2:26:03) SECTION D: BLACK WOMEN
(2:42:41) SECTION E: THE PUSHBACK
E2: What’s At Stake in Arizona - The Defenders - Air Date 9-12-24
E3: Reversing Florida's 6-week Abortion Ban - The Defenders - Air Date 9-19-24
MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)
SHOW IMAGE CREDITS
Description: A protestor holds a hand-painted sign that says “Justices Lie. Women Die!” with a drawing of a coat hanger.
Credit: “220503_RoeVWade_Rally_Pittsburgh-100103” by Mark Dixon, Flickr | License: CC BY 2.0
Produced by Jay! Tomlinson
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