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Roe v Wade with Wendy Davis

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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.


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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.


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