Episode 240: After Roe v. Wade with Dr. Elaine Lawless

Across the Margin: The Podcast · Sep 3, 2026 · 36m

This episode of Across The Margin : The Podcast features an interview with Dr. Elaine Lawless who has devoted her career to ethnographic research in the fields of folklore, religion, and women’s and gender studies. She is the author of ten academic books and numerous articles. Her work has included studies of women’s literature, human rights, social justice and violence against women. Only Girls Bleed, her first novel, and the focus of this episode, draws on women’s storytelling and opposing cultural beliefs to illustrate how the political wars concerning abortion can tragically affect and…