Roe v Wade and abortion in America

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Fifty years ago, Jane Roe become the centre of a ruling that would fuel US politics for the following decades. The Roe v Wade case gave women the constitutional right to abortion, until 2022 when it was overturned by the US Supreme Court. Claire Graham speaks with Katty Kay about the 1973 legal case, the legacy of that ruling and how abortion became such a central issue in contemporary American politics.

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0:00.0	The comb is the podcast that seeks out stories and voices from across Africa.
0:05.4	But otherwise might go unheard.
0:07.4	The comb.
0:08.4	Each week we focus on a single story that matters.
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0:18.4	Hello and welcome to the Explanation from the BBC World Service.
0:22.6	This is where we press polls on the busy 24-hour news cycle
0:27.0	and dig a bit deeper behind the headlines.
0:30.0	Today the West Bank's nightmare started coming true.
0:34.0	Protest is trying to bricks in there, using bamboo poles to smash vehicles.
0:39.0	It's a city where mothers carry guns along with their groceries.
0:43.0	The spaces that people can run to for safety are shrinking every day here.
0:52.0	I'm Claire Grimm and with the help of my BBC colleagues around the world
0:56.0	I'll be trying to get a better understanding of the stories that matter to all of us.
1:00.0	Today, Roe v. Wade and women's rights to abortion in America.
1:07.0	I'm joined by Kari K, who is a US special correspondent with the BBC.
1:13.0	So this landmark case, Roe v. Wade, what was it all about?
1:17.0	So this was the case of somebody who in the legal courts was known as Jane Rowe.
1:22.0	Her name was not actually Jane Rowe at all.
1:24.0	Her name was Norman McCorvey.
1:25.0	She was from Texas and in 1970, Norma found that she was pregnant.
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