Public Defenseless 77: The Fallout of the Dobbs Decision on Louisiana Reproductive Healthcare w/Gwyneth O'Neill, Ellie Schilling and Michelle Erenberg
Since its inception, Supreme Court decisions play a terrifying role in controlling the lives of Americans. Few decisions in living memory now play a greater role than the overturning of Roe v Wade.
To understand the impacts of Dobbs v Jackson, Hunter is joined by three guests from the state of Louisiana. Gwyneth O'Neill is an associate at the law firm Schonekas, Evans, McGoey and McEachin. Ellie Schilling is a partner at the same law firm and serves on the board of the non-profit LIFT Louisiana that Michelle Erenberg is the co-Executive Director.
For decades, anti-abortion activists fought tooth and nail to see Roe v Wade overturned, but now that it is, those same activists are demonstrating a fundamental disregard for the impacts of their actions. With healthcare in a precarious situation around the country, the short sightedness of the activists in paraded throughout the episode.
By going through the history of abortion denying access in the state and the many contradictions in the current laws, Hunter hopes to equip every listener, attorney or not, with the tools needed to push back against those seeking to turn Reproductive Healthcare back to 1865.
Guest:
Gwyneth O'Neill, Associate, Schonekas, Evans, McGoey and McEachin
Ellie Schilling, Partner, Schonekas, Evans, McGoey and McEachin, Board Member Lift Louisiana.
Michelle Erenberg, Co-Executive Director, Lift Louisiana
Key Topics:
How everyone got involved in Reproductive Justice [6:04]
S.B8 Texas [20:20]
Evolution of Anti-Abortion Laws [26:00]
The impacts of changing the definition of when life starts [33:00]
The difficulty of anticipating what comes next with all of the contradictions in the law [49:30]
How does the Legislature respond to the hypocrisy [51:00]
Chilling effects on Drs and other unintended consequences [55:30]
Crisis of Healthcare [1:03:00]
How Lift LA tries to appeal to voters [1:14:00]
The severe lack of expertise from policy makers ;1:17:00]
Criminal Defense Preparing for these cases [1:24:00]
Reporting Standards for Doctors [1:36:00]
Connecting communities with the resources needed to fight back [1:42:00]
What else can the defense bar do to prepare [1:47:00]
Resources:
Lift Louisiana
Follow Lift Louisiana on Twitter
@liftlouisiana
Here's a link to the Abortion Defenders sign up form bit.ly/AbortionDefendersLA
Schonekas, Evans, McGoey and McEachin
ACLU
https://www.aclu.org/other/links-other-reproductive-freedom-sites
Contact Hunter Parnell:
hwparnell@publicdefenseless.com
@PublicDefenselessPodcast
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