What Next: The Texans Fighting for Abortion Access

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🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Texas has passed a new law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, enforced by citizens launching lawsuits against anyone suspected of “aiding and abetting” the procedures. And the Supreme Court has declined to stop it - effectively ending the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. How are Texas organizations supporting reproductive rights adapting? Guest: Anna Rupani, Co-Executive Director of Fund Texas Choice. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.1	Texas took the don't list step last week to enact a strange and almost absolute abortion
0:38.7	ban.
0:39.8	The US Supreme Court decided in a five to four vote not intervene.
0:43.8	And when that happened, a bunch of liberals I know said, that's it.
0:47.8	Roe v Wade is no longer the law of the land.
0:51.3	A kind of talk is understandable and I guess technically correct.
0:55.5	But from the perspective of abortion care activists in Texas, it's also kind of counterproductive.
1:01.8	If like it's meant to make people think that abortion is illegal everywhere, not just
1:06.7	in Texas.
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