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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: The Death of Abortion Rights in America: A Postmortem
Description: In this episode of New Ideal Live, Onkar Ghate, Ben Bayer and Yaron Brook discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overturns Roe v. Wade and allows for immediate state-level bans on abortion. They cover the philosophic ideas that led to the decision, why defenses of abortion rights failed and the options now available for defenders of abortion rights.
Among the topics covered:
How the majority opinion empties the right to liberty of its content;Justice Clarence Thomas’s opposition to substantive due process;Why the Ninth Amendment has not been used in Sup...