When the decades-long campaign to restrict abortion access in the US started ramping up, Meg Autry, knowing a full assault on abortion rights was inevitable, began thinking about the gambling boats she’d seen growing up on the Mississippi River.
The huge vessels looked like regular casinos on the inside. Despite the fact that gambling was steadily being prohibited in the US in the 1950s, the boats were a creative solution: Because the river’s waters were regulated differently from land, the casinos weren’t illegal.
