It's a story that many hoped they wouldn't have to discuss this week - or at all in 2022 - but the debate over abortion has unfortunately reared its head again.
Over the weekend, the US Supreme Court released a decision that overruled the 1973 Roe v Wade judgment, which had established a women's right to an abortion as a constitutional right.
While the law does not have a direct impact on New Zealand - abortion was decriminalised after a law change in 2020, supported 68-51 by politicians - the shock that comes with such a significant reversal of rights in one of the cultural, economic and political centres of the Western world can be felt here.
On this week's episode of Viva Talks, the companion podcast to the Herald's lifestyle and fashion magazine, Viva deputy editor Johanna Thornton, commercial editor Emma Gleason and creative and fashion director Dan Ahwa discuss their reactions to the news and the horror they felt.
