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The Past, Present, and Future of Abortion in America

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In this episode, Mary Ziegler of the UC Davis School of Law and Stephen Gilles of the Quinnipiac University School of Law join to discuss Ziegler’s new book Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction, which explores the history and goals of the anti-abortion movement in the United States.

 

Resources

• Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022)
• Mary Ziegler, Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction (2025)
• Mary Ziegler, Abortion and Law in America: Roe v. Wade to the Present (2020)
• Stephen Gilles, “What Does Dobbs Mean for the Constitutional Right to a Life-or-Health-Preserving Abortion,” Mississippi Law Journal (2023)
• Stephen Gilles, “Why Fourteenth Amendment Personhood Requires Live Birth,” Notre Dame Journal of Ethics and Public Policy (2025)

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