About this episode

Brigitte Amiri discusses recent efforts to protect reproductive freedom through ballot initiatives following the Dobbs case.

After the Dobbs case (which overturned Roe v. Wade) was decided, several grassroots activists in various states appealed to the ballot constitutional amendment to protect reproductive freedom in their state constitutions. Brigitte Amiri, Deputy Director at the ACLU’s Reproductive Freedom Project, sits down to talk with us about recent reproductive freedom amendments, equal rights amendments, and current litigation around the U.S. By getting measures on the ballot, collecting signatures,...

People in this episode

Host: Jennie Wetter

Guest: Brigitte Amiri

Topics covered

• reproductive freedom
• ballot initiatives
• grassroots activism
• constitutional amendments
• litigation

Keywords

• reproductive rights
• ballot measures
• ACLU
• constitutional amendments
• grassroots movements

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACLU

Books & works: Roe v. Wade

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