Shefali Luthra on the ‘Undue Burden’ of Post-Roe Reproductive Care

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🗓️ 22 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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“It’s difficult to think of a public health crisis more inevitable than the impending end of Roe v. Wade,” writes journalist Shefali Luthra, “and yet, on June 24, 2022, the country was profoundly unprepared.” Luthra argues that we’re now in the midst of that public health crisis, as millions of Americans seeking abortions face overwhelming obstacles to care, and as abortion providers reach a “breaking point to attempt to meet demand.” Luthra’s new book “Undue Burden” chronicles what she calls the human stories of abortion access — the patients with medically complex pregnancies who spend life savings on out-of-state care, the doctors who work under fear of legal reprisal and the lawmakers who struggle to respond. We talk to Luthra about the personal and systemic impacts of the loss of the constitutional right to abortion, nearly two years after Dobbs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.6	From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, our country was profoundly
1:20.6	unprepared for the end of Roe v. Wade in June of 2022, says journalist Shafali Lutra,
1:26.5	even though we long saw its demise coming,
1:29.2	now millions of Americans seeking abortions are regularly facing life-threatening obstacles
1:34.0	to getting the health care they need for miscarriages or complicated pregnancies, as well as
1:39.2	unwanted ones. Clinics are reaching breaking points in states neighboring those with abortion bans,
1:45.1	and the Fala Bro has had a bigger effect on California than many realize.
1:50.2	Luther documents all this in her new book, Undue Burden.
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2:06.6	Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. California didn't restrict abortion access after the fall of Roe v. Wade, even positioning itself as a haven for those needing the procedure from other states.
2:15.6	But the Supreme Court's decision to take away the
2:17.9	constitutional right to an abortion still affected our health care system, from reproductive
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