S2E9: Why are repro­duc­tive rights so con­tentious in the US and Argentina?

There is con­sid­er­able polit­i­cal mobi­liza­tion and legal con­tention around Repro­duc­tive rights in many democ­ra­cies around the world. In the US, a roll­back of these rights has been under­way over the past decades. The Supreme Court is like­ly to (re)consider its land­mark 1973 Roe v Wade rul­ing that legal­ized abor­tion nation­wide. In con­trast, activists have made progress on repro­duc­tive rights else­where in the world. Only a few months ago, Argenti­na legalised abor­tions up to the 14th week of preg­nan­cy. In this episode, we’re joined by Katha Pol­litt (fem­i­nist writer and activist) and Tama­ra Tenen­baum (Uni­ver­si­ty of Buenos Aires and also an activist) to com­pare and con­trast the expe­ri­ence in their soci­eties. They dis­cuss what the cur­rent strug­gles, set­backs and vic­to­ries mean for the future of repro­duc­tive rights around the world.