netflix.com | 2018
This 2018 documentary tracks the over 40-year-long effort to overturn Roe v. Wade. The film features interviews with politicians, abortion providers, pro-choice activists, and anti-abortion protestors.
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‘After’ Roe Is Now
jezebel.com | By Katie McDonough | Jun 28, 2018
In this piece, Katie McDonough tells her own story, as well as those of others, about her forced pregnancy as a result of inaccessible abortion care. Through the poignant and unjust stories of people seeking reproductive healthcare, she asserts that “after Roe” is a reality for many today.
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What If Roe Fell?
reproductiverights.org
This webpage, which was produced and is updated regularly by the Center for Reproductive Rights, describes what the consequences would be in each state if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
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Roe v. Wade: The Daily
The Daily (podcast) | By Michael Barbaro | Aug 15, 2013
In this two-part podcast episode, The Daily discusses the context in which Roe v. Wade was brought before the Supreme Court, the woman behind this case, and the cultural changes and movements that formed as a result of this case.
pewforum.org | By David Masci | Jan 16, 2013
Pew Research Center outlines the hallmark SCOTUS cases about abortion until 2013. They explain the significance of each case as well as the basis on which it was decided. Of note, since this was compiled in 2013, it does not include some recent important cases.
medium.com | By Katherine Ripley | Mar 13, 2018
This article provides a brief summary of each SCOTUS case about abortion since 1973. For each case they very conveniently say “what it did” and “how people reacted.”
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health | By Nichole Austin and Sam Harper | Mar 9, 2018
This paper is a systematic review of the existing literature on the health impacts of TRAP laws. For those interested in scholarly resources, this is a useful article to understand the strengths and limitations of current evidence regarding the health impact of TRAP laws.
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TRAPPED
Documentary | 2016
This film, made by Dawn Porter, focuses on the battle over TRAP laws in Alabama and Texas before the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Supreme Court decision. Told from the perspective of physicians, clinic owners, and staff of the abortion clinics who are threatened to close, this documentary portrays the impacts of TRAP laws, which began passing in mass around 2011. This film also features interviews with the legal team that proceeded to argue Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt before the Supreme Court. Available for rent on Amazon.
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The Last Clinic
Documentary | Maisie Crow and Alissa Quart | Jan 2013
In this short film, award-winning filmmaker and photographer Maisie Crow and writer Alissa Quart document the effects of the abortion restrictions in Mississippi that threaten their last standing abortion clinic. This documentary portrays the lives of clinic doctors, protestors, as well as patients coming to the clinic for services. You can rent this movie for $3.99.
theguardian.com | By Leah Green, Tom Silverstone, and Richard Sprenger | Jul 17, 2017
In this segment, The Guardian video producer Leah Green travels to El Paso and Austin to expose the restrictions to abortion access in Texas, interview those that have worked to reduce abortion access, and better understand the experiences of Texans who need access to abortion care.
The Abortion Library 