On the heels of the leaked draft of the decision overturning Roe v Wade, Thomas and Nic Don discuss the religious right’s role in the forty-year effort to wrest control of the court for its own ends, and the myth of the centrality of abortion in motivating that effort. They also discuss the leak, the decision’s (poor) reasoning, and the similarities between textualist constitutional interpretation and fundamentalist readings of the Bible.

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As always, intro/outro music is The Dweller on the Threshold by Nihilore

Show notes:

For detailed coverage of the draft opinion: Emergency Episode - Roe to be Overturned from Opening Arguments

For more on the evangelical perspective on abortion: Beyond the Binaries: The Complexities of Abortion and What to do about it by Thomas Horrocks

For Randall Balmer's book on the racist origins of the Religious Right: Bad Faith: Race and The Rise of the Religious Right

For more on comparative interpretive issues: Biblical Interpretation, Constitutional Interpretation and Ignoring Texts by Harry L Chambers 

To donate to a coalition of abortion funds or to find your local fund: National Networks of Abortion Funds