Does Roe v. Wade have a future?

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Pro-choice Clinic Escort Photo credit: Lorie Shaull

Since Roe v. Wade and the legalization of abortion in 1973, the pro-life movement has not made it easy for women seeking access to an abortion clinic. An abortion escort is often needed to get past protesters. We’ll hear firsthand what that’s like. Now the battle over a woman’s constitutional right has moved from the streets to red-state legislatures and President Trump is seizing the moment.

Credits

Guests:

  • Linda Ilsley - California resident reflects on her time an abortion clinic escort in the 1990’s in Milwaukee, WI.
  • Anna North - Senior reporter covering gender issues for Vox - @annanorthtweets
  • Mary Ziegler - law professor at UC Davis, author of “Dollars For Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement And The Fall of the Republican Establishment” - @FSUCollegeofLaw

Host:

Warren Olney

Producer:

Andrea Brody