Ep. 14: Losing Abortion Rights in the U.S.A., Michigan, and What We Can Do About It

We spend the entirety of this episode responding to the breaking leak from the Supreme Court that sees them poised to fully overturn Roe v. Wade.

 

We pick apart the draft opinion and some of its other rather troubling implications, and talk about how the conservative game plan to overturn the landmark legislation came to fruition. We look at how this will play out in the State of Michigan, where a dormant law from 1931 will trigger after the court's decision and make abortion illegal in the state- and how a current ballot petition could put the restoration of abortion rights on our state ballot in November.

 

We also talk about the complicity of the Democratic Party who- while using the Republican's assault on abortion rights as a fundraising tool- have failed time and time again to codify Roe v. Wade into federal law (and could still do so at this very moment, were they willing).

 

At the 46 minute mark we replay some important historical context and analysis from our third podcast episode looking at the history of the anti-abortion movement and lessons current organizers can take from past struggles.

 

SOURCES

"The Real Origins of the Religious Right"

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/

"We Need a Left Strategy For Confronting the Anti-Abortion Movement"

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/07/anti-abortion-movement-choice-reproductive-justice?fbclid=IwAR2-EqRPAszabuL6MNz5uEnCiKJhpdNu32rc-0tghhA18sgigO2NBDvhNnc

"Congressional Dems Are Failing to Secure Abortion Rights"

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/09/congress-democrats-abortion-rights-legislation-majority-womens-health?fbclid=IwAR1mLKrQX1WwCard0jYBiDDm03FhvKs4DuLh0r4_jsApJqIQKd2

 

Background Music by Quantum Fleek