Unforeseen Consequences of a Supreme Court Ruling on Abortion Rights

On the first episode of their new podcast "Impromptu," our colleagues at Washington Post Opinions discuss what’s at stake the Supreme Court hears a case on access to mifepristone. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade back in 2022, it indicated that abortion was an issue to be relegated to the states. Instead, it has blown up American politics, firing up voters and leading to conflicting lower court rulings. Post columnists Ruth Marcus, Alexandra Petri and Amanda Ripley discuss how it feels to be a woman in the post-Dobbs world.

Ruth Marcus: Even after abortion pill ruling, reproductive rights remain in the balance

Alexandra Petri: I don’t know how to write about all that hasn’t happened since the fall of Roe

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