Abortion Law in the U.S. and Abroad After Roe

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🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization overturned the landmark decision of Roe v. Wade and found no constitutional basis for a right to choose abortion. Teresa Stanton Collett of the University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota), David French of The Dispatch, Katherine Mayall of the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Mary Ziegler of UC Davis School of Law and author of Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment, join for a conversation exploring the role of the Supreme Court in shaping abortion rights under the Constitution, how U.S. abortion law compares to that of other countries after Roe, and what lessons the United States can learn from how abortion is treated by law in other nations. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, moderates. This program is presented in partnership and generously sponsored by the Center for Constitutional Design at Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law. The National Constitution Center relies on support from listeners like you to provide nonpartisan constitutional education to Americans of all ages. Visit www.constitutioncenter.org/we-the-people to donate, and thank you for your crucial support. Questions or comments about the show? Email us at podcast@constitutioncenter.org. Continue today’s conversation on Facebook and Twitter using @ConstitutionCtr. Sign up to receive Constitution Weekly, our email roundup of constitutional news and debate, at bit.ly/constitutionweekly.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and
0:08.8	welcome to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress
0:17.6	to increase awareness and understanding of the Constitution among the American people.
0:22.1	The U.S. Supreme Court recently Constitution among the American people.
0:23.0	The US Supreme Court recently overturned the landmark decision of Rovey Wade in
0:28.0	Dobbs versus Jackson Women's Health Organization.
0:31.6	And the National Constitution Center convened a conversation
0:35.1	exploring abortion law in a comparative constitutional perspective.
0:40.5	Our panelists for this great discussion were Theresa Stanton Collett of the University of St Thomas School of Law, David French of the Dispatch, Catherine Mayal of the Center for Reproductive Rights, and Mary Ziegler of UC Davis School of Law.
0:55.0	The conversation originally streamed live on July 14, 2022 as part of our America's Town Hall
1:01.1	series and we're excited to bring it to you today on We The People.
1:05.0	Enjoy the show.
1:07.0	It's wonderful to welcome all of you and let's jump right in with you Katie Maal.
1:13.4	Your map tracing abortion law in a comparative perspective
1:18.4	is invaluable in giving us a sense of the broad categories and trends of abortion around the world.
1:26.2	You note several important trends, including different categories of abortion laws that you state,
1:33.7	first countries that prohibit abortion altogether,
1:36.2	which is 5% of the world,
1:38.6	those that prohibit abortion to save a woman's life,
1:41.4	22% to preserve health, 14% on broad social economic rounds 23% and on request 36% it's a lot of statistics
1:49.5	so help us make sense of what that means about which states broadly ban abortion throughout pregnancy
1:55.9	and those that make it available at different points.
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