Basics
The Dobbs decision isn't just about ____. Its about ____.
What is abortion & power?
This federal law prevents federal funds from being used for abortion services in most cases.
What is the Hyde Amendment?
What framework was developed by Black women in 1994 to expand the reproductive rights conversation?
What is the reproductive justice framework?
Which 2 states mentioned in the presentation modeled bold legislation?
What is Connecticut & Maine?
What are the 3 core principles of the Reproductive Justice Framework?
What is the right to have children, not have children, & parent in safe environments?
Which branch of government overturned Roe v. Wade?
What is the Judicial branch (Supreme Court)?
What is one community-based alternative to hospital birth that centers bodily autonomy?
What is midwifery, birth centers, or home births?
According to the dissent, banning abortion increases this health statistic, especially for Black women.
What is maternal mortality?
This CDC campaign promoted the idea that women should prepare for pregnancy at all times, even if they’re not trying to conceive.
What is "Show Your Love"?
what law criminalized sending "obscene" materials and those related to contraception or abortion through the mail?
What is the Comstock Act?
Name 3 ways in which states have restricted access to abortion.
What is medication abortion, minor access, private insurance coverage, counseling, or waiting periods?
Sterilization was promoted as a solution to this supposed crisis.
What is overpopulation & poverty?
The Welfare Queen myth helped stigmatize this reproductive right as irresponsible and selfish.
What is abortion?
What/who determined abortion access post-Dobbs?
What is they now determine whether abortion is legal or banned in each state?
This landmark 1992 Supreme Court decision upheld the central holding of Roe v. Wade but allowed for certain restrictions on abortion, significantly influencing the legal framework for resistance against state-level abortion bans.
What is Planned Parenthood v. Casey?
Name one of the three books that Lithwick recommended at the end of the podcast episode.
What is Rebecca Solnit – Hope in the Dark, Viktor Frankl – Man’s Search for Meaning, or Howard Zinn – You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train?
This 1982 documentary reveals how U.S. colonial power in Puerto Rico led to mass sterilization of women, raising questions about who is given the right to reproduce and complicating modern notions of "choice" in abortion debates.
What is La Operacion?
What term describes the intentional withdrawal of public goods, like healthcare and education, from marginalized communities?
What is organized abandonment?
Name the commonly used medications found in Abortion pills.
What is Mifepristone & Misoprostol?
This legal philosophy is criticized by conservatives but defended by Lithwick as necessary to protect modern rights.
What is living constitutionalism?