[1] The play was created in opposition of the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling regarding Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which effectively overturned the constitutional right to abortion that had been established by Roe v. Wade in 1973.
The Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade (1973) on the grounds that the substantive right to abortion was not "deeply rooted in this Nation's history or tradition", nor considered a right when the Due Process Clause was ratified in 1868.
Authors include established and rising writers: Lee Cataluna, Fatima Dyfan, Dale Orlandersmith, Sarah Ruhl, Mary Hall Surface, V (formerly writing as Eve Ensler, and Lisa Loomer.
The monologue by Mary Hall Surface shares a disturbing account of a miscarriage to avoid risk of infection or hemorrhage, and expresses concern whether such medical emergencies would be criminalized in post-the June 2022 US supreme court judgement.
[2] In Fatima Dyfan's piece, “A Rest Stop,” a free thinking, venturesome (Deidre Staples) presents her sexual awakening and successful effort to avoid getting pregnant.