Coco Das reads the statement from Rise Up for Abortion Rights on the 50th anniversary of Roe. Follow Coco on Twitter at @Coco_Das and connect with Rise Up for Abortion Rights on all platforms at riseup4abortionrights.org. 

Then, Sam interviews Julie F. Kay, human rights lawyer for gender equality & religious freedom and architect of the Irish abortion lawsuit ABC v. Ireland, co-author with Kathryn Kolbert of Controlling Women: What We Must Do Now to Save Reproductive Freedom. Follow her on Twitter @Msjuliekay and visit her website www.juliefkay.com. 

Also! check out Walter Masterson trolling anti-abortion protesters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oG7s2idrgQ

Links to reports/articles mentioned in the show:

Jessica Valenti: Abortion, Every Day 

The Gender Equity Project Institute The State of Reproductive Health in The United States 

Vice News: I Helped an 11-Year-Old Rape Victim and Hundreds of Other People Get Abortions After Roe 

Sunsara Taylor: Forced Motherhood Is Female Enslavement; Make Roe's Reversal a Rallying Cry for a Real Revolution!

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Music for this episode: Penny the Snitch by Ikebe Shakedown