Reproductive rights have never been a more volatile and divisive issue than they are right now.
After the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade decision many states have enacted, or restored, strict anti-abortion laws. It’s become a major campaign issue in the 2024 presidential contest.
And much of this was forecast nearly 20 years ago by Kate Michelman, the longtime head of NARAL, the pro-choice organization founded by feminist icon Betty Friedan.
Michelman retired from NARAL in 2004, and two years later published a memoir, called With Liberty and Justice For All.I had the chance to speak with her when she was on a book tour.
So here now, from 2006, Kate Michelman.
Kate Michelman is now 82. NARAL is now known as Reproductive Freedom for All.