Slow Burn - Roe v. Wade: Life or Death

Jack and Barbara Willke got their start on the Catholic speaking
circuit talking about the pleasure of sex within marriage. Their
daughter would convince them to shift their focus to another
hot-button issue. The Willkes’ Handbook on Abortion, and the
photographs they distributed along with it, would help kickstart
the right-to-life movement. To see the cover of the Handbook on
Abortion, some of the photos the Willkes used, and the brochure
“Life or Death,” go to slate.com/handbook Season 7 of Slow Burn is
produced by Susan Matthews, Samira Tazari, Sophie Summergrad, and
Sol Werthan. Derek John is Sr. Supervising Producer of Narrative
Podcasts. Editorial direction by Josh Levin, Derek John and Johanna
Zorn. Merritt Jacob is our Technical Director. Our theme music is
composed by Alexis Cuadrado. Artwork by Derreck Johnson based on a
photo provided by Robert Wheeler. The season’s reporting was
supported by a grant from the International Women’s Media
Foundation’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists.
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