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Podcast: The Gender Justice Brief
Episode: Helping the helpers: a victory in the fight to fund abortions in Alabama
Description: Host:Â Noah Parrish, Gender Justice Communications DirectorGuests:Â Jess Braverman, Gender Justice Legal Director and Paige Suelzle, Litigation Counsel at The Lawyering Project
In this episode of The Gender Justice Brief we talk with The Lawyering Project’s Paige Suelzle about a recent victory for abortion funds—and for the First Amendment—in a case that is likely to have broad regional and national repercussions.
When the Dobbs decision was announced on June 25, 2022, abortion became illegal in Alabama overnight. By the end of that summer, Alabama’s Attorney General threatened to criminalize people who help Alaba...