Podcast | What the end of ‘Roe’ means for Washington state
Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Planned Parenthood regional CEO Rebecca Gibron and State Senator Manka Dhingra discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to end federal protection for abortion.
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Planned Parenthood CEO Rebecca Gibron, left, and Sen. Manka Dhingra discuss reproductive rights in the Northwest with host Mónica Guzmán during the Civic Cocktail event "Reversing Roe v. Wade: The Impacts for Washington State" at Town Hall Seattle in Seattle on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. (Jason Redmond for Crosscut)
Roe v. Wade established the right to a safe and legal abortion nationwide. Its reversal means that each state in this extraordinarily divided country of ours will need to decide for itself whether to keep abortion legal, ban it or severely limit it.
Washington state decided decades ago that abortion access would remain in the state even if Roe fell. But the impact of this decision extends far beyond access.
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What changes lie ahead for clinics and service providers as demand grows from other states? Will legislators reinforce Washington’s laws as other states rewrite theirs? And what should Washingtonians know about the broader implications totheir rights going forward?
For this episode of the Civic Cocktail podcast, Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Planned Parenthood regional CEO Rebecca Gibron and State Senator Manka Dhingra attempt to answer those questions.
