Reproduction’s role in the 2024 election

The Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in June 2022 has led Democrats to victory in the elections held since then. For 2024, the right to contraception and in-vitro fertilization seems to be the new scare tactic to get Americans to vote blue in the polls. Lead Senate Republicans are going on a talk show circuit tour to try and change the narrative and push for pro-IVF bills. This new legislation comes after Alabama’s top court ruled frozen embryos are legally children and the destruction of such embryos constitutes a crime under the state’s “wrongful death of a minor” law. On this episode of 360 View, Scottie Nell Hughes concludes that the reason contraception is such a hot topic is that hookup culture and getting married later in life is becoming the societal norm. Her panel (Desi K Robinson, health professor and doula; Woodrow Johnston, CEO of Revere Strategies; Timothy Gordon, host of the Rules for Retrogrades Podcast) weighs in. Or is there something to be said for taking responsibility for the people you sleep with?