Beatrice and Abby speak with Melissa Gira Grant about this week’s oral arguments in a Supreme Court case that could dramatically limit the availability of medication abortion in the US, and the Comstock Act, the 19th century obscenity law looming over the case.
Transcript forthcoming.
Find Melissa’s article in the New Republic, “Two Supreme Court Justices Favor Zombie Law From 1873 to Ban Abortion” here:
https://newrepublic.com/article/180153/alito-thomas-comstock-act-abortion
More info on ComstockCon here:
https://www.comstockcon.com/
Find our episode on the Comstock Act, “Statutes of Limitation” from last year, here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/statutes-of-w-04-81971897
Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism
Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here:
https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny
Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch
As always, support Death Panel at www.patreon.com/deathpanelpod
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