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Two Years Post-Roe: Life in the Aftermath

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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On this episode, we’re going back into our archives to share an episode that unfortunately still has deep resonance today. Last year, we asked you what a year without Roe has been like in your lives and you responded in droves. Today, with abortion still banned in 14 states with little exception, life looks a lot like it did last year at this time. So we’re running it back today and sharing "A Year Without Roe" again, to remind us all of what’s at stake as abortion is on the ballot this November.

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0:00.0

From the ACLU, this is at Liberty. I'm Kendall Seasmeyer, your host.

0:09.7

Today, we're going back into our archives to share an episode that unfortunately still has deep resonance today.

0:19.9

Last year, we asked you what a year without Roe has been like

0:24.9

in your lives, and you responded in droves. Today, with abortion still banned in 14 states

0:33.8

with little exception, life looks a lot like it did last year at this time. So we're running it

0:41.7

back today and sharing a year without Roe again to remind us all of what's at stake as abortion is

0:49.6

on the ballot this November. Let's roll the tape. On June 24th, 2022, the Supreme Court released

0:58.8

the decision in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case concerning

1:04.8

abortion access in the state of Mississippi. Instead of following decades of precedent set by decisions in other cases involving

1:12.8

abortion access that had thus far kept Roe v. Wade intact, five justices broke from precedent,

1:20.7

deciding to overturn Roe v. Wade, and with it, the right to illegal abortion.

1:26.9

At the Supreme Court today, an historic upheaval.

1:31.6

In a sweeping ruling that overturned a half a century of precedence,

1:35.5

five justices ended the right of American women to choose abortion under the Constitution.

1:40.9

A sweeping, deeply consequential decision from the nation's highest court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade, the court taking away a constitutional right that women in America have had for almost 50 years.

1:54.2

For 49 years, Roe granted foundational access to abortion, allowing people who could become pregnant to choose what's

2:02.4

best for them and their families. Since its overturn, we've seen states across the country quickly

2:08.5

move to ban abortion, leaving so many without access. In the last year, we have lived the

2:15.6

consequences. Losing the right to illegal abortion is calling much of our lives into question,

2:22.4

forcing tens of millions of us to contend with a new reality.

2:29.6

Hi, my name is Ivy, and I live in Ohio.

2:32.7

My name is Shelby. I'm calling from Maine.

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