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On this week’s Gabfest, Slate Outward editor June Thomas joins New York magazine’s Noreen Malone and Slate Supreme Court correspondent Dahlia Lithwick to discuss the Supreme Court’s ruling in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt. They also talk about the new HBO documentary Suited and mom hair.

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DoubleX recommendations:

Noreen recommends Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels quartet and the film His Girl Friday.

June recommends David Grann’s book The Lost City of Z.

Dahlia recommends the World Peace Game Foundation and its summer camps.

This podcast was produced by Ann Heppermann. Our intern is Daniel Schroeder.

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