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It’s our birthday! Corbin & Katee are doctors now! But all is not so happy with the world…

A few weeks ago, Iowa became the most restrictive state in the nation for a woman’s right to choose. Fortunately, South Carolina didn’t. And on May 25th, Irish citizens will be voting on whether or not to repeal the 8th amendment to their constitution. Choosing to keep the amendment would continue to equate the life of a pregnant person with the life of the fetus causing patients who desire termination to leave their home country for care. Choosing to repeal the amendment would allow abortion to be legal in Ireland for the first time ever. Join the newly graduated doctors as we discuss the current state of abortion in the world.

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Fallopian Files:

Corbin – The Let Down – Netflix series

Katee – Sawbones – Legends of the Hidden Breast

Dave – Fringe – TV series

References:

http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/health/university-of-iowa-fears-impact-of-heartbeat-bill-20180401

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/12/kim-reynolds-iowa-abortion-ban-fetal-heartbeat-conservative-faith-freedom-coalition/602946002/

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/south-carolina-abortion-ban-bill-dies-late-night-54930380

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland

http://www.trappeddocumentary.com/

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This week on the podcast Katee, Corbin, and Dave welcome another guest! This week on the Vagibinds is Rose Olson, she is a fourth year medical student and research intern at the WHO. She recently published a paper that reviewed the scientic evidence for so called “virginity testing,” a practice in many countries throughout the world of using a physical exam to inspect a woman or girls hymen to determine whether she is a “virgin” or not. Spoiler: it’s not scientifically sound. We talk about the cultural and societal implication of this exam, the control in which it exerts over women and their bodies, as well as what the word virginity even means.

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References:

Read Rose’s article here

Oh look, she was on Buzzfeed

Five women podcast from This American Life