The Patchwork Quilt Nobody Wanted: Abortion Access Three Years Post-Roe

When the U.S. Supreme Court dealt a death blow in 2022 to federal abortion protections offered by Roe v. Wade, a gruesome patchwork quilt of abortion regulations covered the nation, creating drastic gaps to abortion access from state to state. Three years into this new “normal,” Kelley Fox and Rev. Terry Williams talk about what life is like now that nobody got what they really wanted from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Focusing on the impact that confusing abortion laws and vague, ever-changing repro rights restrictions have on patients seeking care, Kelley and Terry frame the present as a prelude to what's possible through religious freedom protections, communal resistance, and effective organizing in the coming years.

Links to discussed content: 

• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (U.S. Supreme Court Decision that overturned Roe v. Wade): www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-1392_6j37.pdf

• (Episode 130) Recent podcast episode on the difference between the "Pro-Life Movement" and the "Abolish Human Abortion" sect: https://faithchoiceohio.podbean.com/e/they-had-it-comin-division-in-ohios-anti-abortion-industry/

• Guttmacher Map & Resources: https://states.guttmacher.org/policies/

• Ohio Abortion Lawsuits: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2024/12/03/battle-over-abortion-regulations-continues-in-ohio-lawsuits-stretch-into-2025/ 

• FREE online Self-Managed Abortion in Good Faith training: www.faithchoiceohio.org/self-managed-abortion-in-good-faith-training

• The Jubilee Fund for Abortion Justice (practical support for abortion seekers): www.faithchoiceohio.org/jubileefund

• Repro Legal Helpline: https://reprolegalhelpline.org/

Music by Korbin Jones