More Perfect

Part 2: If Not Viability, Then What?


Listen Later

Now that the “viability line” in pregnancy — as defined by Roe v. Wade — is no longer federal law, lawmakers and lawyers are coming up with new frameworks for abortion access at a dizzying rate. In this second part of our series, More Perfect asks: what if abortion law wasn’t shaped by men at the Supreme Court, but instead by people who know what it’s like to be pregnant, to have abortions, and to lose pregnancies? We hear from women on the front lines of the next legal battle over abortion in America.

Voices in the episode include:

Mary J. Browning — pro bono lawyer for The Justice Foundation

• Dr. Shelley Sella — OBGYN (retired)

Greer Donley — University of Pittsburgh School of Law professor

Jill Wieber Lens — University of Arkansas School of Law professor

Learn more:

• 1973: Roe v. Wade

• 2022: Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization

• Listen to Part 1: The Viability Line

 

Supreme Court archival audio comes from Oyez®, a free law project by Justia and the Legal Information Institute of Cornell Law School.

Support for More Perfect is provided in part by The Smart Family Fund.

Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @moreperfectpodcast, and Twitter @moreperfect.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

More PerfectBy WNYC Studios

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

14,407 ratings


More shows like More Perfect

View all
Science Friday by Science Friday and WNYC Studios

Science Friday

6,113 Listeners

On the Media by WNYC Studios

On the Media

9,121 Listeners

The Brian Lehrer Show by WNYC

The Brian Lehrer Show

1,539 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,649 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,909 Listeners

This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

90,844 Listeners

Planet Money by NPR

Planet Money

30,823 Listeners

the memory palace by Nate DiMeo

the memory palace

6,840 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,260 Listeners

99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,137 Listeners

Death, Sex & Money by Slate Podcasts

Death, Sex & Money

7,691 Listeners

Invisibilia by NPR

Invisibilia

21,655 Listeners

The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,668 Listeners

Revisionist History by Pushkin Industries

Revisionist History

59,315 Listeners

Spooked by KQED and Snap Studios

Spooked

16,375 Listeners

The Anthropocene Reviewed by Complexly, John Green

The Anthropocene Reviewed

9,298 Listeners

Decoder Ring by Slate Podcasts

Decoder Ring

2,074 Listeners

Throughline by NPR

Throughline

15,977 Listeners

Dolly Parton's America by WNYC Studios & OSM Audio

Dolly Parton's America

16,352 Listeners

Radiolab for Kids by WNYC

Radiolab for Kids

1,038 Listeners

The Last Archive by Pushkin Industries

The Last Archive

1,832 Listeners

The Experiment by The Atlantic and WNYC Studios

The Experiment

2,827 Listeners

Search Engine by PJ Vogt

Search Engine

4,330 Listeners