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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Roe v. Wade on the Rocks


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Judging by oral arguments this week, the Supreme Court appears ready to uphold a Mississippi law barring most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy — and possibly to overrule Roe v. Wade in the process, which has guaranteed American women the right to an abortion for nearly a half-century.

Meanwhile, Congress is struggling to keep the lights on for the federal government, with a small group of Republicans threatening to block further spending unless the Biden administration agrees to drop its vaccine mandates.

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner of KHN, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet and Shefali Luthra of The 19th.

Among the takeaways from this week’s episode:

Also this week, Rovner interviews Blake Farmer of Nashville Public Radio, who reported and wrote the latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month episode” about a couple and their very different emergency room bills. If you have an outrageous medical bill you’d like to send us, you can do that here.

Plus, for extra credit, the panelists recommend their favorite health policy stories of the week they think you should read too:

Julie Rovner: KHN and PBS NewsHour’s “How Unresolved Grief Could Haunt Children Who Lost a Parent or Caregiver to COVID,” by Sarah Varney and Jason Kane.

Alice Miranda Ollstein: The Washington Post’s “Long Overstretched, Abortion Funds in D.C., Maryland and Virginia Mobilize for an Uncertain Future,” by Rebecca Tan.

Sarah Karlin-Smith: Axios’ “The Push to Revive an Industry-Backed Medical Device Rule,” by Bob Herman.

Shefali Luthra: The 19th’s “‘Am I Even Fit to Be a Mom?’ Diaper Need Is an Invisible Part of Poverty in America,” by Chabeli Carrazana.


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This story was produced by KHN (Kaiser Health News), a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. Together with Policy Analysis and Polling, KHN is one of the three major operating programs at KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation). KFF is an endowed nonprofit organization providing information on health issues to the nation.

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