"So Much Blood": A Family's Terror, Trauma, And Loss In Post-Abortion Ban Texas

Published:June 25, 2024

On the two-year anniversary of the historic Dobbs Decision, guest Ryan Hamilton shares the experience he and his wife had, which Republicans continue to claim doesn’t exist: abortion laws endangering the life of a mother. Talking with host Rick Wilson, Ryan relays the harrowing experience of he and his wife losing their baby and the life-threatening circumstances they had to endure in the aftermath of archaic laws in Texas. You don’t want to miss this one.

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Roe v. Wade

The overturning of Roe v. Wade through the Dobbs decision by the US SCOTUS marked the first time a Constitutional right had been taken away from American citizens. In the midterms, women and young people showed the GOP what a tremendous blunder that was and made them pay a price at the ballot box.

Dobbs Decision

Landmark 2022 Supreme Court decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion, abandoning 50 years of precedent, paving the way for states to ban abortion, and creating untold economic, emotional, psychological, physical, and financial hardship to Americans.

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