In this episode, Prue and Gen discuss the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade, media representations of abortion and the profound violation of bodily autonomy that abortion bans represent.
We start the discussion with American Horror Story: Murder House - its positives, how it reflects American anxieties about abortion through the horror genre and its potentially pro-life undertones.
We then give an overview of the decision to overturn Roe v Wade, talk about why invoking the right to life is arbitrary and unproductive (see Judith Jarvis Thomson's famous thought experiment here), the politicisation of the Supreme Court and a comparison with laws surrounding reproductive rights in Australia.
Some of our favourite commentaries and resources on the decision to overturn Roe are:
'We're Not Going Back to the Time Before Roe. We're Going Somewhere Worse' by Jia Tolentino (The New Yorker)
'Special Episode: Roe v Wade Is Overturned' - The Daily
'The Supreme Court Considers the Future of Roe' - The Daily
'Emergency Episode - Roe to be overturned' - Opening Arguments
Reversing Roe (Netflix Documentary)
'Rights Are Made in the Streets, Not the Courts' - Black Rose Anarchist Federation
Disclaimer: Reference to women's rights and bodily autonomy throughout this podcast extends to any persons that can get pregnant, not just cis women.
This podcast was recorded on the land of the Gadigal of the Eora Nation. We pay respect to their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was, always will be, Aboriginal land.
