On June 24, 2022, The United States Supreme Court overruled the 50 year old case of Roe v. Wade that had recognized the right of women to abortion services in the United States.
The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Care Center, overturned Roe based on a historical telling of the state of women’s rights in the 1700s and 1800s. The historical descriptions have been criticized as being too narrow and overlooking that fact that it was lawful at those times for women to have abortions until a certain point in pregnancy.
It is important to understand that Dobbs did not make abortion unlawful and the laws of Oregon and many other states do allow women to obtain abortion services.
On Tuesday, June 28, we spoke with Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette, including Bend Health Center manager Joanna Dennis-Cook and long-time health services educator Liliana Cabrera. We were also joined in the studio Shanti O’Connor, host of KPOV’s Tuesday afternoon show curiosity Lab, which focuses on women’s issues.