On this edition of Your Call’s media roundtable, we're discussing coverage of the Supreme Court ruling ending the right to an abortion.
Bans are now in place in seven states; 17 additional states are likely to ban abortion in the coming weeks, according to ABC News. After a major public outcry, President Biden is calling on Democrats to suspend the filibuster to codify Roe.
How are the media covering the urgency of this moment, what's at stake, the Christian right, and violence against abortion providers?
Guests:
Becca Andrews, gender and healthcare reporter at Mother Jones, and author of the forthcoming book, No Choice: The Destruction of Roe v. Wade and the Fight to Protect a Fundamental American Right
Meaghan Winter, magazine writer who has covered abortion for many outlets, and author of All Politics is Local: Why Progressives Must Fight for the States
Web Resources:
The New Yorker: Roe’s Final Hours in One of America’s Largest Abortion Clinics
The Washington Post: Antiabortion lawmakers want to block patients from crossing state lines
Mother Jones: I’m an Abortion Provider in Texas and I’m Now Forced to Consider: Is This “Life-Threatening Enough”?
Dissent Magazine: Where Was Everyone? The Fatal Siloing of Abortion Advocacy
NPR: One man's outsized role in shaping the Supreme Court and overturning Roe
ABC: Violence against abortion clinics rose in 2021, report says
