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Why are We Still Obsessed with Roe v Wade?

Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts

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Dahlia Lizzlic: Is there a thing you would have done different on the original Roe opinion? Mary Ziegler: I think most people think focusing on equality rather than privacy would have been better. She says she's not as upset that Roe as it was written was not that compelling because it ultimately in some ways didn't matter. Dahlia and Mary talk about how Justice Blackman missed out all the nuance, meaning and political and religious and health valences of Roe.

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