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Podcast: Slate Gender and Society
Episode: Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Get Married or Go Home
Description: In 1970, 22-year-old Shirley Wheeler got an illegal abortion in Florida. When she refused to tell the police who performed the procedure, she was arrested and charged with manslaughter. In the months that followed, sheβd be prosecuted and publicly condemned. Sheβd also become the unlikely face of the fight for reproductive rights.Season 7 of Slow Burn is produced by Susan Matthews, Samira Tazari, Sophie Summergrad, and Sol Werthan.Derek John is Sr. Supervising Producer of Narrative Podcasts.Editorial direction by Josh Levin, Derek John and Johanna Zorn. Mixing by Merritt Jacob and Kevi...