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Mary Ruth Ziegler with Madeleine Brand: Who Decides? Reproductive Rights, Democracy, and the Future of America

August 13, 2026 • Jews United for Democracy and Community Advocates, Inc. • Season 5 • Episode 29

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Law professor and leading legal historian Mary Ziegler joins award-winning journalist Madeleine Brand for a timely conversation on reproductive rights, constitutional law, and the future of American democracy.

Drawing on her extensive scholarship on the history of abortion law and her book Personhood: The New Civil War over Reproduction, Ziegler examines how battles over reproductive rights have reshaped American politics, the courts, and the nation's constitutional landscape.

Topics include:

• Reproductive rights and constitutional law
• The post-Dobbs legal and political landscape
• The intersection of democracy, federalism, and individual rights
• The Supreme Court's influence on reproductive policy
• What the future may hold for reproductive freedom in America