174: The Science of Abortion Rights (& Dr Morgentaler)

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🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Abortion rights have been rolled back in the USA thanks to a Supreme Court decision. So this week we delve into the process of abortions & the unbelievable story of Dr Morgentaler, a doctor who fought for abortion rights in Canada during the 70s & 80s - whilst continuing to provide (unfairly) illegal abortions.

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References & Further Reading
UK Abortion Law
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_United_Kingdom#:~:text=Abortion%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom%20is%20legally%20available%20through%20the,2)%20Regulations%202020.
Abortion
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/abortion/what-happens/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/search/research-news/906/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/abortion-rights-are-good-health-and-good-science/
https://www.britannica.com/science/abortion-pregnancy

Morgentaler
https://embryo.asu.edu/pages/henry-morgentaler-1923-2013
https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/288/index.do
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/world/americas/henry-morgentaler-abortion-doctor-in-canada-dies-at-90.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1346397/?page=1

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Sci Guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird, and wonderful stories from the science world.
0:13.4	I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, Jamp and Luke Cutfer.
0:17.2	Hello.
0:17.7	Hi, howdy.
0:30.7	Thank you. Luke Catford. Hello. Hi, howdy. This week we're talking about basic human rights.
0:31.7	Oh, goodness me.
0:33.4	But first, why don't we look at Spotify?
0:35.0	Sure.
0:36.3	Is that where the basic human rights are?
0:37.4	No, no. Although it is a right to us. I think it's a basic right for the Sci guys to have lots and lots of Spotify followers. Yes. Basic right. Great. How many followers do you think we've got on Spotify now? 37,000. Oh, I was going to say 38,000. 38,55.
0:54.9	Goodness me.
0:55.3	I know.
0:56.1	It's wild, right?
0:56.5	So popular.
0:59.4	And 61,661 listeners.
1:00.4	Insane.
1:03.4	Just to put that in perspective, imagine, we're three people.
1:06.9	Imagine you times that by more than 10,000.
1:15.6	Imagine we each of us had 10,000 children that still would not make up all of the followers that we have on Spotify. So thank you very much for supporting us.
1:17.6	And if you want to help us just a little bit more, why don't you tell a friend about us on Spotify?
1:23.6	Get them to follow.
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