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	Podcast:		Katie Couric
	Episode:		Abortion: The Body Politic, Part 2
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:50:31
	Publish Date:		2022-06-16 07:00:00
	Description:		In Part 2 of Abortion: The Body Politic, we step into the past, long before Roe, and trace the roots of today’s abortion’s debate to understand — if abortions have always happened and the majority of Americans have always believed they should be legally accessible — why is abortion such a conentious, even volatile, issue in this country. In this journey, a new narrative of reproductive resistance comes to the surface. Women, particularly Black, brown and indegenous, have always made choices that are best for their bodies, families, and lives — no matter the obstacles men have placed before them. In these stories of resistance we also hear first-hand accounts of surprising allies in underground abortion access, courage in the face of limiited reproductive choices, and a relentless push for bodily autonomy. The illegal period before Roe is a mirror to our impending, post-Roe future. It’s vital that we pay attention. More information on this episode’s guests and resources: Guttmacher Institute The Bixby Center for Reproductive Health Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice Boulder Abortion Clinic Books and more: Reproductive Justice, by Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973, by Leslie Reagan **The Janes, available to stream now on HBO Max Defenders of the Unborn: The Pro-Life Movement Before Roe V. Wade, by Daniel K. Williams** See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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