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KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Supreme Court Overturns ‘Roe’


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The Supreme Court formally overturned the nearly 50-year-old right to abortion. Bolstered by the three justices appointed by former President Donald Trump, the 6-3 vote wiped from the books the two cases that had established and reaffirmed abortion rights; 1973’s Roe v. Wade and 1992’s Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey.

Panelists for this special podcast to discuss what the justices did and what the immediate ramifications might be are Julie Rovner of KHN, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Sarah Varney of KHN, and Laurie Sobel, associate director for women’s health policy at KFF.

Among the takeaways from this episode:

Further reading on this subject:

KHN’s “Conservatives on Supreme Court, as Expected, End Nationwide Right to Abortion,” by Julie Rovner

KHN’s “Misinformation Clouds America’s Most Popular Emergency Contraception,” by Sarah Varney

KFF’s “Reading the Post-Roe Tea Leaves in States Without Abortion Bans or Protections,” by Laurie Sobel, Ivette Gomez, Michelle Long, and Alina Salganicoff

KFF’s “Abortion at SCOTUS: Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health,” by Laurie Sobel, Amrutha Ramaswamy, and Alina Salganicoff


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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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