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Show Notes
On abortion.
After the US Supreme Court ruling, where does this leave women in the US? Political theorist Alex Gourevitch joins us to discuss Roe v Wade, and how the fact it rooted abortion in a right to privacy was problematic.
How can we ground the right to abortion in an argument for freedom in general? And is the US really faced with a rising tide of reaction, as liberals claim? Are same-sex marriage and contraception imperilled by the decision.
Reading:
- Wrong Life and Abortion, Ethan Linehan, Sublation
- The Left killed the pro-choice coalition, Kat Rosenfield, Unherd
- A Defence of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Johnson
- How to Win the Abortion Argument, Helen Lewis, The Atlantic