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We bring our shared passion for humanity and diverse backgrounds to hot topics that society is discussing in Denmark, the U.S., and across the world. We want to contribute to healthy discourse on issues that are shaping us. Shanelle is a former Deputy Executive Director at UNICEF and Assistant Secretary General of the United Nations where she spent two decades leading humanitarian efforts and working in dozens of countries including some of the most complex. She founded the Yellow House in 2019 to accelerate organisations' positive impact on humanity. She has been a Council Member of the World Economic Forum Artificial Intelligence Council, Board Member of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and The Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB & Malaria, and is a guest lecturer on Business & Social Impact at the London School of Economics. She is an American living in Denmark … raising her Danish dog together with her partner. Jean has a long career in public affairs and communications and is currently leading Environment-Social-Governance (ESG) at a property investment firm. She returned to Copenhagen after spending seven years in London where she was in on the early years of impact investing. Jean is deft in driving sustainable change and brings her African-Danish perspectives to equitable and productive partnerships. She’s advised various organizations including Kjaer Global, DC Finance and Windrush Equestrian. Jean adores her wonderful two teenage girls ... and American politics. Follow the podcast on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/weneedtotalkabout_this/Jean :https://www.instagram.com/jeanahlefeldtlaurvig/ Shanelle: https://www.instagram.com/shanellehall/

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Abortion & the overturning of Roe

July 03, 2022 • Season 1 • Episode 10

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Most people have a strongly held conviction on abortion. It tends to be on one side of the issue or the other: pro-choice or anti-abortion (or pick your phrasing). The reality of this world is that there is much more to it than two sides. Join us as we dive into the messy middle. It’s hard. We don’t have the answers. Except that we think polarizing each other isn’t it.
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Sending hope for open hearts and minds, as you listen.
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The decision issued by SCOTUS to overturn Roe v. Wade has reverberating effect. We find ourselves discussing the complexity around abortion: the legal, ethical, and religious motivations. Plus how the decision primarily impacts the poor and marginalised. We also speculate about the impact of a decision that overreached the question actually posed to the court .... and whether it compromised the separation of church and state. At the end of the episode, we share our wishes for what's next.