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

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