After the bombshell leak of the Supreme Court’s majority decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, spelling the end of abortion rights in much if not all of the country, WrapWomen has released a special bonus episode of the “UnWrapped” podcast with guest host Sharon Waxman, founder of TheWrap and WrapWomen. The episode features interviews with:
- Jessica Bruder who recently penned The Atlantic’s May cover story, “The Abortion Underground.” She is also the author of “Nomadland,” which was made into the Oscar-winning film of the same name.
- Audrey Diwan, director of “Happening.” The film, which premiered at Sundance, centers on a young woman’s desire to end her pregnancy in 1960s France.
- Paxton Smith, the recipient of WrapWomen’s 2021 Voice of the Future Award, is a 19-year-old abortion activist who came into the spotlight after her moving high school commencement speech.
Episode Highlights:
- Jessica Bruder demonstrates DIY abortion kits, including one she describes as a cross between an at-home beer-brewing kit and a seventh-grade science experiment
- Audrey Diwan says she decided to make a film on abortion after getting an abortion herself
- Paxton Smith talks about what it’s like to be a female college student in Texas right now
- Jessica Bruder talks about a group she met who are building bulletproof “abortion vans”
- Audrey Diwan says after a screening of her film in Atlanta, young women in the audience to her, “we are the girls who are going to die if laws changes”
- Paxton Smith says the fall of Roe v. Wade was inevitable
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