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On abortion.

After the US Supreme Court ruling, where does this leave women in the US? Political theorist Alex Gourevitch joins us to discuss Roe v Wade, and how the fact it rooted abortion in a right to privacy was problematic.

How can we ground the right to abortion in an argument for freedom in general? And is the US really faced with a rising tide of reaction, as liberals claim? Are same-sex marriage and contraception imperilled by the decision.

Reading:

• Wrong Life and Abortion, Ethan Linehan, Sublation
• The Left killed the pro-choice coalition, Kat Rosenfield, Unherd
• A Defence of Abortion, Judith Jarvis Johnson  
• How to Win the Abortion Argument, Helen Lewis, The Atlantic