In this second half of a conversation on restricting abortion access and the leaked supreme court opinion draft, Olivia and Raven pick up with discussing some of the flawed arguments in the opinion, religious influence in the supreme court and antichoice ideology, and the states’ legislation protecting the right to abortion.

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Discussion Summary:

00:00: Episode intro, and flaws with Justice Alito citing 13th-century Laws of England in his opinion.

08:16: Fetal development, and portraying fetuses as people.

11:16: Religiosity of the supreme court justices, religious beliefs about abortion and contraception, and devaluing women.

19:37: Penalizing womanhood, and the aim to legislate women’s rights away.

22:57: US states maintaining or working toward protections for abortion rights.

27:44: Ways to personally support abortion access efforts going forward.

34:16: Outro.

Learn More!

Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473

5 claims Justice Samuel Alito makes in the draft opinion on Roe v. Wade, fact-checked

https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/fact-check-claims-supreme-court-draft-opinion-roe-v-wade/

The Religion of the Supreme Court Justices

https://news.gallup.com/opinion/polling-matters/391649/religion-supreme-court-justices.aspx

Abortion Policy in the Absence of Roe

https://www.guttmacher.org/state-policy/explore/abortion-policy-absence-roe

State Actions to Protect and Expand Access to Abortion Services

https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/issue-brief/state-actions-to-protect-and-expand-access-to-abortion-services/

Canada and Mexico prepare to accept Americans seeking abortions

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/09/canada-mexico-abortions-american