Broken Law

Episode 87: Is Dobbs a Canary in the Coal Mine?


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Is there a correlation between the status of reproductive rights and the health of our democracy? Lindsay Langholz speaks with  Jennifer Weiss-Wolf about this question and her recent article in Ms. Magazine and Rewire Magazine that asks if women's rights are the canary in the coal mine in the backsliding of democracies. 

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Today's Host: Lindsay Langholz, Senior Director for Policy and Program

Guest: Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Executive Director of the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network

Link: "Are Women’s Rights the Canary in the Coal Mine of a Democracy in Decline?" by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Link: "Periods Gone Public," by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf

Link: "Abortion Rights Are Essential to Democracy," series by Brennan Center

Link: Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network

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