Legal scholar Mary Ziegler explains the anti-abortion movement’s efforts to re-classify common forms of contraception as abortifacients, and whether these plans could succeed in states with abortion bans like Texas. We also dig into how pronatalists like Elon Musk share similar goals with some in the anti-abortion movement, including the authors of Project 2025, and what’s next for pardoned anti-abortion protestors.

Watch Mary Ziegler in our PBS NewsHour segment “After fall of Roe, anti-abortion activists take aim at birth control.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/after-fall-of-roe-pro-life-activists-take-aim-at-birth-control

Watch “Examining the facts about contraceptives as birth control misinformation spreads online.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/examining-the-facts-about-contraceptives-as-birth-control-as-misinformation-spreads-online

Learn more about Mary Ziegler’s books: https://www.maryrziegler.com/books