Hi, ordinary equality listeners. This is Jenny Kaplan, the show's EP. I'm on today with Kate and Jamea for an emergency podcast to talk through the latest news.

In case you missed it, last night, May 2nd, it's now May 3rd, Politico published a draft majority opinion that had been leaked from the Supreme Court.

It revealed that the courts voted to strike down Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 ruling that made

abortion federally protected.

This is something central to a woman's life, to her dignity.

It's a decision that she must make for herself.

From Kansas, Kentucky and North Carolina, dedicated women marched.

Abortion is fast becoming the new political faultline.

Alabama's governor has signed the nation's strictest abortion ban into law. The Human Life Protection Act outlaws the procedure except when the mother's life is at risk.

This bill is not about pro-life or the right to life.

This bill is about control.

We will not go back.

And we, the people of the United States of America,

documented or undocumented, are having abortions legal or not.

This court will never stop us.

Hello, Kate and Jamea. How are we feeling?

Exhausted.

Yeah, I just kept thinking this morning, like the new normal is constantly exhaustion and like emotional peril.

It's so true.

It's I was thinking about the Adam Sewer book, The Cruelty is the Point.

And even though we know that the cruelty is a point, it still is biting every time they stick the knife in deeper.

And although we knew this was likely to come, the leak was a trigger.

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