Hi and welcome back to Amicus. This is Slate's podcast about the courts and the law and the rule of law. I am Dahlia Lithwick and I cover some of those things for Slate. I am really excited to share with you the panel that we taped just last night

with three amazing, amazing guests that help me stabilize and maybe contextualize a little bit

after the spin cycle we've just been through in the hours and days since Justice Samuel

Alito's leaked draft opinion overturning

Roe v. Wade was published on Monday by Politico. So let's get straight to the Crosscut

Festival where we take stock of what's happened, why it's happened, what might happen next with a group of women with truly

unparalleled insight into this moment in history.

When we first conceived of this panel, Roe v. Wade, past, present, and future, we didn't expect it to be quite so on the nose.

Events of this past week have signaled that in some sense, the row of today is already passed and the row of the future is about to begin.

In light of the huge news from the Supreme Court this week, a draft

was leaked of a majority opinion in Dobbs. That's the Mississippi 15-week abortion ban.

It looks to represent a five-to-four majority to overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood

versus Casey. The conversation that you are about to hear

literally could not be more urgent or timely or necessary. How we got here, where we go next.

I am so delighted to introduce you to our wonderful panel today, each of which is an exceptionally

expert thinker on these issues that we're about to discuss.

Jessica Bruder is a journalist who writes about subcultures and social issues and the author

of the New York Times best-selling book Nomad Land that has been translated into 24 languages

and adapted into an Oscar-winning film.

Jessica is also the author of Burning Book in Snowden's Box,

Trust in the Age of Surveillance.

She's been an adjunct professor at Columbia Journalism School

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