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The Future of Roe v Wade
The Common Good is joined by former State Senator Wendy Davis. Davis, who’s worked tirelessly to ensure women’s reproductive rights with legal expert Kimberly Atkins Stohr on the controversial topic.
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The durability of Roe vs. Wade has perhaps never been more at risk than it is today. Texas’ new abortion, which effectively bans most abortions, deputizes private citizens to sue those involved in performing abortions and offers a financial incentive for them to do so. Because SCOTUS declined to prevent this bounty system from taking shape in America’s second most populous state, lawmakers and executives in at least seven other states have said they are considering similar statutes.
The Common Good is joined by former State Senator Wendy Davis. Davis, who’s worked tirelessly to ensure women’s reproductive rights with legal expert Kimberly Atkins Stohr on the controversial topic.
Thursday, September 30th, 2021
5:00pm EST-6:00pm EST
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Wendy Davis was a member of the Texas State Senate, representing District 10. She assumed office in 2009 and left office in 2015. Davis ran for election to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat to represent Texas’ 21st Congressional District. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020. Davis received a bachelor’s degree from Texas Christian University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Prior to assuming her position in the state Senate, Davis served on the Fort Worth City Council.
Kimberly Atkins Stohr is a senior opinion writer at The Boston Globe. She is also an MSNBC contributor.Before launching her journalism career, she was a trial and appellate litigation attorney in Boston. Previously, Kimberly was the first Washington, DC-based news correspondent for WBUR. She has also served as the Boston Herald’s Washington bureau chief, guest host of C-SPAN’s morning call-in show “Washington Journal,” and a Supreme Court reporter for Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly and its sister publications. She has appeared as a political commentator on a host of national and international television and radio networks.
Leadership Series: David Paterson on New York Past and Present
· We enjoyed candid discussions from elected officials in our “Leadership Series.”New York Governor, Honorable David Paterson on his tenure as Governor and what lies ahead for New York with moderator David Pollak.
· We enjoyed candid discussions from elected officials in our “Leadership Series.”New York Governor, Honorable David Paterson on his tenure as Governor and what lies ahead for New York with moderator David Pollak.
David Paterson served as New York’s 55th Governor from 2008 to 2010 following the resignation of former Governor Eliot Spitzer. During his tenure as Governor, Paterson is credited for drawing attention to New York’s fiscal woes, stretching the budget-drafting powers of his office, and enacting sweeping reforms on a wide range of issues facing New Yorkers.
The former Governor led the movement to create permanent reforms to health care in New York State, successfully negotiated an MTA bailout plan, and introduced landmark legislation to end legal discrimination against same-sex couples in New York.
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