A Test for Abortion Rights

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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A case before the Supreme Court is the first big test of abortion rights since President Trump created a conservative majority among the justices. We traveled to the Louisiana health clinic at the center of the case to ask what was at stake in the decision. Guest: Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times, spoke with Kathaleen Pittman, director of Hope Medical Group for Women in Shreveport, La. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: The justices are considering whether Louisiana can require doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. While the law is specific, their decision may be a test for the future of abortion rights in America more broadly.Ms. Pittman remembers when there were 11 abortion clinics in Louisiana. Now there are only three, hers among them. After the Supreme Court’s upcoming ruling, there may be only one.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Bavaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:35.6	Today, a case now before the Supreme Court is the first major test of abortion rights since
0:48.6	President Trump created a conservative majority on the court.
0:53.7	Get a lip-tack on What's At stake?
1:00.7	It's Monday, March 9.
1:09.7	It's a rainy Tuesday morning in Shreveport, Louisiana, and I'm outside the Hope Medical
1:16.6	Clinic, one of the three remaining clinics in Louisiana.
1:20.5	They perform abortions, you know, about the head inside and see what's going on.
1:30.5	I don't look at it.
1:31.5	Tell us about Hope Medical Clinic.
1:35.0	It's a non-descript building.
1:36.4	It doesn't have any windows.
1:38.5	It's got a sort of double door vestibule.
1:42.2	It's been the subject of a variety of attacks, a guy with a sledgehammer, Molotov cocktails,
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