Roe vs. Wade was decided by the Supreme Court in 1973 and ruled that women had a right to abortion under the 14th amendment of the constitution. On June 24th, 2022, that decisions was overturned, and now the decision on whether abortion should be legal is solely regulated by the states.
This episode provides a history of Roe, examples of pregnant people who have experienced legal trauma under state statutes, and the astrology of the SCOTUS decision.
Sources used in this episode (in no particular order):
- https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/55493/PDF/1/play/
- https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/03/california-stillborn-prosecution-roe-v-wade
- https://law.justia.com/cases/arkansas/court-of-appeals/2018/cr-16-879.html
- https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-advocates-arizona/blog/when-miscarriage-is-a-crime
- https://www.nycourts.gov/ctapps/Decisions/2015/Oct15/179opn15-Decision.pdf
- https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/maternalinfanthealth/infantmortality.htm
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1988/02/21/whose-life-is-it-anyway-angie-carter-lived-a-very-simple-life-and-died-a-very-complicated-death/875f515e-64ab-4f93-af37-f6a4147e5189/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Norma-McCorvey
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- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/roe-v-wade-the-tumultuous-history-that-led-to-the-landmark-ruling?loggedin=true
- https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/roe-v-wade-the-tumultuous-history-that-led-to-the-landmark-ruling?loggedin=true
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/obergefell_v._hodges.
- https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/14th-amendment#:~:text=No%20State%20shall%20make%20or,equal%20protection%20of%20the%20laws.
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/equal_protection
- https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/due-process-of-law?gclid=Cj0KCQjw8amWBhCYARIsADqZJoV-xED0JS0kuBgK19FlDBV4SfRClU66ijTyguawjWc1ER1XomwZZEEaAu38EALw_wcB
- https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/interpretation/amendment-xiv/clauses/701#:~:text=The%20Due%20Process%20Clause%20guarantees,requires%20that%20the%20government%20follow
- https://digitalcommons.law.scu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1787&context=lawreview
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8274866/
- https://www.history.com/topics/womens-rights/planned-parenthood-v-casey, https://www.oyez.org/cases/1991/91-744
- https://www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/docketfiles/html/public/19-1392.html
- Arrests of and Forced Interventions on Pregnant Women in the United States, 1973–2005: Implications for Women’s Legal Status and Public Health
- https://casetext.com/case/planned-parenthood-of-southeastern-pennsylvania-v-casey-casey-v-planned-parenthood-of-southeastern-pennsylvania
- https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf
- https://law.justia.com/codes/mississippi/2018/title-41/chapter-41/gestational-age-act/section-41-41-191/
- https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3789&context=wmlr