Over the weekend, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v Wade decision - effectively striking down the nearly 50-year enshrined right of women to access abortion treatments.     

The move sent shockwaves around the world, with world leaders quick to condemn the US Supreme Court’s decision to roll back abortion laws.

Where does this leave the United States as a moral authority in the Western world? And will these culture wars have any impact on New Zealand politics? 

In this bonus episode of The Front Page, Damien is joined first by Otago University foreign policy expert Dr Robert Patman to discuss why America is fixated on certain issues and how it is harming the country's reputation, and then talks with  Family Planning chief executive Jackie Edmond for the local perspective on this shocking move.

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