Roe v. Wade
Ordinary Equality
Acast Creative Studios
4.0 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 10 March 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
One of the most historic cases in the fight for reproductive justice was founded on the “penumbra” of cases that came before it--and it’s still one of the cornerstones of abortion law today.
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| 0:00.0 | This was one of the Women's Liberation Movement pioneers Cindy Sistler. |
| 0:06.0 | Her group New Yorkers for abortion law repeal put out their ideal law and it was a blank sheet. |
| 0:11.3 | There should be no law regarding abortion. |
| 0:13.3 | Why is there a special law on abortion? |
| 0:15.4 | It should be like any other, you know, an appendectomy. |
| 0:18.0 | Why do you have special law there? |
| 0:21.8 | While the abortion laws in this country may be far from a blank sheet of paper, it is |
| 0:27.1 | important that we remind ourselves of the landmark case that changed abortion access in this |
| 0:32.3 | country. Today, we're talking about that landmark 1973 case, Roe v. Wade. |
| 0:39.2 | I'm Jemia Wilson, writer, editor, and feminist activist. |
| 0:43.9 | I'm Kate Kelly, human rights attorney and feminist activist, and this is ordinary equality. |
| 0:50.2 | This is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity. |
| 0:56.2 | It's a decision that she must make for herself. |
| 1:01.3 | From Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina, dedicated women marched. |
| 1:07.1 | Abortion is fast becoming the new political fault line. |
| 1:10.8 | My body, my choice. My body, my line. My body, my choice. |
| 1:12.6 | My body, my choice. |
| 1:15.6 | Alabama's governor has signed the nation's strictest abortion ban into law. |
| 1:20.6 | The Human Life Protection Act outlaws the procedure except when the mother's life is at risk. |
| 1:26.6 | This bill is not about pro-life or the right to life. |
| 1:31.0 | This bill is about control. |
| 1:34.2 | We will not go back. |
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