Roe Is Gone. What Now?

Notes from America with Kai Wright

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News Commentary, Politics, History, News

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🗓️ 27 June 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Plus, a reflection on the significance of LGBT Pride in a scary political time for the community.

Host Kai Wright and listeners react to the recent SCOTUS decisions, including the fall of Roe v. Wade. Hear Dr. Sanithia Williams from Alabama Women’s Clinic, and her experience as a provider in one of the 13 states with trigger laws; Elie Mystal, justice correspondent at The Nation; and Imara Jones, the creator of TransLash media.

Companion listening for this episode:

The Abortion Clinic That Won't Go Quietly (rereleased on 5/5/2022)

A broken democracy. A Supreme Court showdown. And a group of Alabama women who continue to provide care despite it all.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I'm Kai Wright and tonight I suspect many of you join us after a day of marching in
0:06.6	the streets.
0:07.6	Maybe a whole weekend of it.
0:08.8	It's the culmination of LGBT Pride Month and it's one of those years in which I'm reminded
0:13.8	of the original purpose to stand in public and say you can't tell me what to do with my
0:18.5	body and my heart.
0:20.1	That's important right now in a way we didn't expect when we first planned tonight's
0:24.0	show.
0:25.0	After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion, a lot of women and
0:29.4	pregnant people feel like they've been told their lives don't matter.
0:33.0	So tonight we celebrate Pride in a way that celebrates its roots, a gathering to process,
0:38.0	to commune and to say, I'm here and I'm not moving.
0:41.8	Ellie Mistal will chime in on how to check the Supreme Court's power.
0:45.4	Amar Jones will connect this broader political moment to the significance of Pride and will
0:49.5	hear from you if you're feeling your own rights taken away or put in jeopardy.
0:53.9	What is one thing you're going to do about that?
0:56.6	Let's name our intentions.
0:59.4	Welcome to the show.
1:08.0	I'm Kai Wright and I want to go straight to someone we have on the phone from Hutsville,
1:12.5	Alabama.
1:13.5	Dr. Sanitia Williams is an abortion provider at the Alabama Women's Center.
1:18.5	Alabama is one of 11 states that now either ban our severely restrict access to abortion.
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