Episode #13: From Jim Crow to abortion: the courts & our rights

<p>Some call the Texas Heartbeat Act a novel way to ban abortions. But this style of law, enforced by bounty hunters instead of state governments, isn’t new: It’s a return to laws during slavery and Jim Crow. In this episode, we’ll look at how the courts permitted these laws in the past -- and how they paved the way for Texas’ current abortion law. </p> <p><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/01/us/supreme-court-texas-abortion.html'>Supreme Court declines hearing on Texas 'Heartbeat' Act (NY Times)</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.livescience.com/65501-fetal-heartbeat-at-6-weeks-explained.html'>Is there a 'Fetal Heartbeat' at 6 weeks? (LiveScience)</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/posts/390722032423035'>Heather Cox Richardson: Texas law aims at Civil Rights as well as abortion</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.thenation.com/article/society/sotomayor-abortion-dissent/'>Justice Sotomayor's dissent (The Nation)</a></p> <p><a href='https://socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/federal/fugitive-slave-act-of-1850/'>Fugitive Slave Act of 1850</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/05/religious-right-real-origins-107133/'>Origins of the Religious Right (POLITICO)</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/fifth-circuit-four/'>The 'Fifth Circuit Four'</a></p> <p><a href='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/09/us/politics/texas-abortion-law-justice-department-lawsuit.html'>US Justice Dept. sues Texas over abortion law (NY Times)</a></p>