The supreme court voted six to three to day to overturn ro versus wade, the forty nine year old ruling that guaranteed the constitutional right to an abortion. In a new episode, you'll meet a lucid dreamer who draws comics on things he has dreamed and a composer who writes new works in her unconscious hours. Support for the program to day comes from, are you sleeping the podcast, from mattress firm and vax creative.
The Supreme Court overturned a 49-year-old precedent that secured the right to an abortion. Irin Carmon from New York magazine breaks down the case and Vox’s Ian Millhiser argues the Supreme Court is undermining democracy.
This episode was produced by Haleema Shah and Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, fact checked by Victoria Chamberlin and Victoria Dominguez, engineered by Paul Mounsey, re-uploaded by Efim Shapiro and hosted by Noel King.
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