A Post-Roe America: An Update

<p><i>This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.</i></p><p>In May, the United States was stunned by the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that previewed the end of Roe v. Wade. After, we spoke to people on <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/06/podcasts/the-daily/roe-v-wade-supreme-court-anti-abortion.html" target="_blank">both</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/podcasts/the-daily/roe-v-wade-abortion-providers.html" target="_blank">sides</a> of the abortion issue. Today, we revisit conversations with two women, an anti-abortion activist and an abortion provider, and discuss how their lives have changed since the end of the constitutional right to abortion.</p><p>Guests: </p><ul><li><strong>Anja Baker</strong>, an anti-abortion activist in Mississippi who works for Her PLAN, a project of the Susan B. Anthony List Education Fund.</li><li><strong>Dr. Jessica Rubino</strong>, a family medicine physician who was previously an abortion provider at Austin Women’s Health Center.</li></ul><p>Background reading:</p><ul><li>The Times has been tracking the status of abortion laws in each state. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html" target="_blank">Here are the latest updates</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/09/28/us/abortion-costs-funds.html" target="_blank">What does it cost to get an abortion now</a>? With the procedure banned in many states, patients face added expenses for travel, lodging and child care. More of them are turning to charities for help.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.</p>