By a vote of seven to two, the court agreed to uphold three or four restrictions on abortions in Pennsylvania. The law known as Senate Bill 8 prohibits abortions after six weeks. It also allows people to sue abortion providers and people who help others get them. 13 states have trigger laws that automatically end access to abortion now that Roe is overturned.
Before Roe v. Wade, Eleanor Oliver was a Jane: a member of a group in Chicago that helped women get safe but illegal abortions. Sean Rameswaram sat down with her on the day Roe was overturned.
This episode was edited and fact-checked by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and produced by Victoria Chamberlin and host Sean Rameswaram.
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