California Doctors, Activists Rush to Provide Abortion Services Out of State if Roe Overturned

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🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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While Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion overturning Roe v Wade sparked outrage and protests across the country, in California advocates for abortion access have long been preparing for the decision. Governor Gavin Newsom appointed a Future of Abortion Council whose December policy recommendations are now a set of proposed state laws that would provide funds for abortion access for those in states with restrictive laws and protect doctors who provide services, among other policy changes designed to make California a sanctuary for reproductive rights. From providing tele-health and abortion pills across state lines to ensuring childcare and travel for those seeking services, Forum looks at the role of California in a post Roe country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.3	For years, these United States have been fracturing,
1:20.1	and the draft decision written by the Supreme Court Samuel Alito,
1:24.0	which would overturn Roe v. Wade,
1:26.1	would also be a hammer blow to the imperfect union.
1:29.3	Access to abortion would end up fully in the hands of states and many in the South and Midwest
1:34.3	would find they have no access to reproductive care.
1:37.3	In that context, the state of California has decided to play a special role, our people, our institutions, and our government. Today, as we stare down
1:45.4	a post-row world, we talk with Bay Area and California doctors and organizers who are preparing
1:50.8	the infrastructure to provide abortion care to people across this country. That's coming up next.
2:00.1	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
2:06.9	There are front lines in the fight for access to abortion.
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