Hey, it's NPR's book of the day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. Abortion rights are back in the news,

with everyone talking, of course, about Roe v. Wade. It's clear we were always going to end up here

relitigating Roe v. Wade if you paid attention to any of the recent restrictions on abortion

in various states, Oklahoma, Florida,

Idaho, Texas. Back when that Texas law went into place, NPR's Michelle Martin spoke with the journalist

Joshua Prager, who spoke to the family behind Roe, including the baby at the center of Roe v. Wade

for his book, The Family Row, an American story.

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The Texas law that severely restricts access to abortion in that state has set off a furious round of public debate and private legal strategizing.

But it is only the latest effort in a

decades-long battle to overturn the landmark Supreme Court case legalizing most abortions, Roe v. Wade.

That case has been a touchstone for both sides of the abortion issue since it was delivered

nearly 50 years ago. And yet, for all the attention Roe v. Wade has received over the years,

some facts about the case remain obscure to much of the public, such as the attention Roe v. Wade has received over the years, some facts about the case

remain obscure to much of the public, such as the fact that the pregnancy at the heart of the

legal dispute did not end with an abortion. A baby girl was born, and a few knew who or where

she was, and after a series of disturbing encounters, she preferred to keep it that way. But now

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