T.J. Raphael's podcast Cover Up captures the shocking twists, turns, and overarching culture of violence that brought the abortion pill into the country.
Who was George Tiller? Some consider the Wichita physician and abortion provider, who was assassinated in 2009, a martyr for the abortion-rights movement.
Who was George Tiller? Some consider the Wichita physician and abortion provider, who was assassinated in 2009, a martyr for the abortion-rights movement.
Analysis: Your Abortion Rights in Oregon, if Supremes Go Nuts
December 12, 2020
After Donald Trump made a third appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, many women began expressing concern about the right to abortion – something many grew up taking for granted. Could that right be suddenly snatched away at any time?
Before a very different Court issued its Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, the U.S. was a patchwork of laws, differing from one state to the next. One result of this was that while wealthy women could easily fly off to New York or Honolulu to get care for themselves or their daughters, working-class women had far fewer options. It also meant that women had a great deal less privacy, since a Kentucky woman’s weekend trip to Charleston or an Idaho woman’s family emergency in Seattle was liable to make her the subject of gossip.