From the ECLU, this is at Liberty.

I'm Kendall Cismayer, your host.

As we near the end of the year, we are bringing you an episode of reflection.

A lot has happened in the world, in our country, and in our work at

the ACLU. While we have weathered devastating losses like the overturn of Roe v. Wade this past summer,

there are still meaningful victories we can celebrate this year and build on in the coming year.

We have successfully fought back in courts all across the

country on behalf of abortion access, racist and homophobic education gag orders, immigrant rights,

voting rights, and so much more. So today we're regrouping with the ACLU's National Legal Director, David Cole,

to talk through where we can find hope this year and also where we can continue to press

forward. So with that, let's jump right in. David, welcome back to At Liberty.

Thanks for having me, Kendall.

So it's been a year full of a lot of emotion.

And most of it, I think, for people listening, probably feels negative.

There's been a lot of disappointing news, especially from the Supreme Court.

The most memorable being the Dobbs decision in June, overturning Roe v. Wade. But in light of that, we've also had a lot of wins in restoring

or protecting abortion access. We know you as the eternal optimist at the ACLU. So I want to

talk first about our wins, and we're calling them wins because

we're keeping access open in certain parts of the country. So I'm thinking about Ohio,

Arizona, Kentucky. Can you highlight some of the reproductive freedom wins we've had this year?

Sure. Yeah. I mean, you know, you're absolutely right. The year of 2022 will be marked forever

as the year that the Supreme Court exercised its newfound political power given to it by

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