Society & Culture
In this first half of a conversation on restricting the right to an abortion and the leaked supreme court opinion draft, Olivia and Raven dive into statistics and facts surrounding abortion, the issues relating to pregnancy and parenthood that ought to be addressed in policy, and problematic claims in Justice Alito’s opinion.
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Discussion Summary:
00:00: Topic intro, defining abortion, ABORTION METHODS, and difference between a fetus and a baby.
04:40: Stats and facts surrounding abortion, and the myth that antichoice people care about Black babies.
08:41: Statistics on maternal death, and medical and financial hardships on parents that ought to be addressed in policy.
22:53: Granting the right to life to fetuses, fetuses having greater value than pregnant people, and women have less bodily autonomy than men.
29:06: The supreme court majority opinion, and the difference between a human and a person.
34:15: Justice Alito’s claim that fundamental rights must be rooted in US history and tradition.
39:10: Outro.
Learn More!
The Abortion Pill
https://www.plannedparenthood.org/learn/abortion/the-abortion-pill
KEY FACTS ON ABORTION
https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/sexual-and-reproductive-rights/abortion-facts/
DEMOGRAPHICS
https://www.guttmacher.org/united-states/abortion/demographics
Homicide is a top cause of maternal death in the United States
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-03392-8
Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/02/supreme-court-abortion-draft-opinion-00029473
5 claims Justice Samuel Alito makes in the draft opinion on Roe v. Wade, fact-checked
https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/fact-check-claims-supreme-court-draft-opinion-roe-v-wade/
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