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“Aftershock”: Film Explores Disproportionate Black Maternal Mortality in U.S., Could Worsen After Roe
“Aftershock”: Film Explores Disproportionate Black Maternal Mortality in U.S., Could Worsen After Roe
With the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the battleground for abortion access now shifts to the states, even as the U.S. faces the worst rates of maternal mortality among all rich nations, with Black maternal mortality three to four times higher than the national average. Now a new documentary examines the crisis of Black maternal mortality through the families of two young Black women who died after giving birth. “Aftershock” is co-directed by Tonya Lewis Lee and Paula Eiselt, who join us to discuss how Black women navigate a healthcare system built against them and efforts underway to reduce racial disparities. “We know that Black women’s health and infants’ health is the marker of the health of a nation,” notes Lee. “In a system that puts profit over people, doesn’t listen and center birthing people already, Black women are even more affected by this due to the systemic racism that’s ingrained into our system,” adds Eiselt.
·democracynow.org·
“Aftershock”: Film Explores Disproportionate Black Maternal Mortality in U.S., Could Worsen After Roe
Aftershock | Documentary Film
Aftershock | Documentary Film
Following the preventable deaths of two young women due to childbirth complications, two bereaved fathers galvanize activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time.
·aftershockdocumentary.com·
Aftershock | Documentary Film
Someone Knows Something
Someone Knows Something
Host David Ridgen and investigative journalist Amanda Robb dig into the 1998 murder of her uncle, a New York doctor killed for performing abortions. They uncover a network of anti-abortion movements linked to violence in North America and Europe. Twenty years later, debates about reproductive rights are heating up in the U.S. What can we learn from the past? Previous seasons: S1: Adrien McNaughton. S2: Sheryl Sheppard. S3: Dee & Moore. S4: Greavette. S5: Kerrie Brown. S6: Donald Izzett Jr. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.
·pca.st·
Someone Knows Something
Federal court hears lawsuit on Arizona 'Personhood Provision'
Federal court hears lawsuit on Arizona 'Personhood Provision'
A federal judge will decide whether a provision in a 2021 law could be used to make bring criminal charges against doctors who perform otherwise-legal abortions, including those to save the life of the mother.Attorney Jessica Sklarsky of the Center for Reproductive Rights told Judge Douglas Rayes on Friday that Arizona has long interpreted its laws against child abuse, child endangerment and assault to not apply to legal abortions.
·kjzz.org·
Federal court hears lawsuit on Arizona 'Personhood Provision'
Big Arizona Provider Won't Resume Abortions Despite Ruling
Big Arizona Provider Won't Resume Abortions Despite Ruling
Arizona’s largest abortion provider will not resume the procedures in Pima County even though a federal judge has blocked a fetal "personhood” law it feared could lead to criminal charges against doctors and others.
·usnews.com·
Big Arizona Provider Won't Resume Abortions Despite Ruling
The Dobbs Decision: What It Means For The Law And The High Court - Law360
The Dobbs Decision: What It Means For The Law And The High Court - Law360
The U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to strike down the landmark 1973 ruling Roe v. Wade that made abortion legal around the country, according to a leaked draft opinion penned by Justice Samuel Alito and published Monday by Politico. Here, Law360 looks at the impact of the court's draft decision and the leak.
·law360.com·
The Dobbs Decision: What It Means For The Law And The High Court - Law360
U.S. House Passes Bill to Protect Right to Travel for Abortion
U.S. House Passes Bill to Protect Right to Travel for Abortion
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·usnews.com·
U.S. House Passes Bill to Protect Right to Travel for Abortion
Post-Roe, Publishers Scramble to Meet the Political Moment
Post-Roe, Publishers Scramble to Meet the Political Moment
Sales of books concerning reproductive rights began moving up when the draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in May, and publishers are now working to meet demand following the June 24 decision by the Supreme Court that ended a constitutional right to an abortion.
·publishersweekly.com·
Post-Roe, Publishers Scramble to Meet the Political Moment