The Supreme Court overturned almost 50 years of precedent Friday morning when it delivered its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court voted to knock down the legal protections for abortion guaranteed by the court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. In this episode, we talk whether the right to an abortion is at risk in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. with WTOP’s Neal Augenstein and Kate Ryan, respectively. We then to to the ramifications of the decision nationwide and locally with constitutional experts Lia Epperson of American University’s Washington College of Law and Mark Rienzi of The Catholic University’s Columbus School of Law. We also hear from WTOP’s Alejandro Alvarez from the steps of the Supreme Court.
Post-Roe in Va., Md. & DC. Plus, the arguments for and against SCOTUS decision
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