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Laws and Rights After Roe

Radio Atlantic

The Atlantic

News, Society & Culture, Politics

4.32.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Atlantic's Executive Editor Adrienne LaFrance discusses a post-Roe America with two contributing writers. Legal historian Mary Ziegler and constitutional law scholar David French answer questions about what happens now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned. How will abortion bans be enforced? What will come of the legal and legislative battle moving to the states? And what other rights could the Court revoke? This conversation was recorded as part of an Atlantic live event. Learn more about live events and sign up to join at theatlantic.com/newsletters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Adrienne LaFrance, Executive Editor of the Atlantic.

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You're listening to Radio Atlantic.

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A cross-America people are trying to understand the Supreme Court's remarkable decision to reverse

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Roe v Wade.

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The decision itself is huge, with few if any historic corollaries.

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And there are urgent questions about what happens next.

0:51.0

How will abortion vans be enforced?

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And what other constitutionally protected rights could the court revoke?

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Today, we're catching up with two of the Atlantic's contributing writers, David French and Mary Ziegler.

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Mary is a legal historian and David is a constitutional lawyer.

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So I wanted to ask them what they make of the magnitude of this decision and what comes next.

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This conversation took place as part of our live event series, The Big Story.

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So let's jump right in.

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I want to talk about something, Mary, that you wrote in a recent article for us.

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And I'll quote you for a moment.

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What you wrote was, if this decision signals anything bigger than its direct consequences, it is this no one should get used to their rights.

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Talk about that a little bit.

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