Womb Wars pt. 2

American Hysteria
American Hysteria
Episode • Aug 8, 2022 • 57m

Featuring yet another flamboyant abortionist, sideshow fetuses, Mother with a capital M, eugenic suspicions, and plenty more population panics. We'll see how the battle over family planning took very different forms from 1900 up to when Roe vs. Wade made abortion federally legal. We'll see how conversations around the history of abortion and birth control continue to leave out the most important voices, the voices of those who can get pregnant, instead promoting racial population fantasies and fears.


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American Hysteria is written, produced, and hosted by Chelsey Weber-Smith

Co-production and co-editing by Miranda Zickler

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Voice Acting by Will Rogers

Co-research and co-editing by Riley Smith

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