On this episode of The Nation Podcast: Roe v. Wade may have been overturned, but the conservative effort to destroy any and all abortion access in America rages on.
Anti-abortion rights demonstrators march to the Supreme Court for the 52nd annual March For Life in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2025. (Bryan Dozier / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
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On this episode of The Nation Podcast, abortion access correspondent Amy Littlefield joins D.D. Guttenplan to discuss the reality of later-term abortions—and how, even though Roe v. Wade may have been overturned, the conservative crusade to eliminate abortion access rages on.
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Roe v. Wade may have been overturned by Donald Trump’s Supreme Court, but the conservative effort to destroy any and all abortion access in America rages on. One issue has moved to the center of Republican misinformation efforts: late-term abortions.
At the same time, late-term abortion care has never been more urgent. As state laws tighten access, women seeking safe medical treatment face rising risks across the country. But the right’s campaigning has not only deepened public divides but also sparked tensions within pro-choice groups on the left.
So who’s leading the fight on the ground—and who’s most affected by these political battles?
On this episode of The Nation Podcast, we speak to The Nation’s abortion access correspondent, Amy Littlefield. Amy’s latest story, “Defending All Abortions,” is in the June issue of The Nation.
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It’s no surprise that liberal philanthropy — a longtime pillar of the Democratic establishment — has become one of the Trump administration’s latest targets. As David Callahan writes in our December issue, liberal foundations “have often been depicted as the great puppet masters of the left, bankrolling and directing a who’s who of progressive groups intent on destroying the American way of life.” In other words, catnip for MAGA madness.
But as Callahan points out, the reality of how these institutions operate is far from radical. As powerbrokers of the elite, liberal philanthropists are averse to challenging “the systems that spawned them.”
How have liberal foundations failed to mobilize working-class Americans? And how can they ramp up the fight to defend the democracy they claim to care so much about saving?
Joining us to discuss this is David Callahan, founder and editor of Inside Philanthropy, and author of The Givers: Wealth, Power and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age.
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D.D. GuttenplanTwitterD.D. Guttenplan is a special correspondent for The Nation and the host of The Nation Podcast. He served as editor of the magazine from 2019 to 2025 and, prior to that, as an editor at large and London correspondent. His books include American Radical: The Life and Times of I.F. Stone, The Nation: A Biography, and The Next Republic: The Rise of a New Radical Majority.
Amy LittlefieldAmy Littlefield is The Nation’s abortion access correspondent and a journalist who focuses on reproductive rights, healthcare, and religion. She is the author of the forthcoming book Killers of Roe, a history of the anti-abortion movement over the last fifty years, to be published in March 2026.