In this episode of Flesh & Bold, our hosts planned to talk about poverty but because of the “breaking news” around the supreme court leak, they pivot and talk about abortion. Drs. Heard-Garris and Heard account of what happened around the supreme court document leaks, the history of abortion rights in the US and across the pond, and their hopes for the future of women’s reproductive rights. You’ll never guess who the earliest anti-abortion advocates were, and how capitalism and racial eugenics played a part in this ongoing fight–tune in and educate yo’self.

References

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

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/04/1096154028/the-movement-against-abortion-rights-is-nearing-its-apex-but-it-began-way-before

https://www.feminist.com/resources/ourbodies/abortion.html

https://www.americanprogress.org/article/scarlet-letters-getting-the-history-of-abortion-and-contraception-right/