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Explain It to Me

The Most Dangerous Branch: Roe v. Wade

Explain It to Me

Vox Media Podcast Network

Politics, Society & Culture, Education, News

4.48K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally published in October 2021 as the first installment of our “Most Dangerous Branch” miniseries about the Supreme Court. Vox senior correspondent Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) talks with NYU professor Melissa Murray about the future of Roe v. Wade, specifically discussing some of the legal theories used to chip away at the law. References: What we know and don't know on the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade draft opinion Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows  Credits: Sofi LaLonde, producer and engineer Libby Nelson, editorial adviser Amber Hall, deputy editorial director of talk podcasts Sign up for The Weeds newsletter each Friday: vox.com/weedsletter  Want to support The Weeds? Please consider making a donation to Vox: bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to another episode of The Weeds. I'm your host, Dylan Matthews.

1:16.5

As you've probably heard by now, on Monday Night, Politico, published a leaked draft of an opinion

1:21.5

authored by Justice Samuel Alito over turning Roe v. Wade. The authenticity of the draft was

1:26.6

confirmed on Tuesday morning by

1:28.0

Chief Justice John Roberts, and Roberts added, although the document described in yesterday's

1:32.8

report is authentic, it does not represent a decision by the court or the final position of any

1:37.6

member on the issues in the case. So while there's still a lot we don't know, like whether or not

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