Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, there’s been a flurry of activity at the state levels to protect, significantly restrict, or ban abortion. Legal and public health expert Joanne Rosen returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how removing the “constitutional guardrails” is playing out in courtrooms across the country, the “chilling effect” much of this has on practitioners, and how the recently passed Respect for Marriage Act could have implications for protections at the federal level. Referenced in this episode: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2798214.
Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade, there’s been a flurry of activity at the state levels to protect, significantly restrict, or ban abortion. Legal and public health expert Joanne Rosen returns to the podcast to talk with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about how removing the “constitutional guardrails” is playing out in courtrooms across the country, the “chilling effect” much of this has on practitioners, and how the recently passed Respect for Marriage Act could have implications for protections at the federal level. Referenced in this episode: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2798214.
