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CNN 5 Things

Sunday Edition: The State(s) of Abortion in America

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2022

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In the days following the Supreme Court opinion which overturned Roe v. Wade, states have been left to decide how to regulate abortion. We examine the fallout in Missouri, where an abortion ban is forcing patients to travel across state lines for care and pushing local prosecutors to consider whether or not they’ll enforce it. Guest: Alexandra Field, CNN Correspondent To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's been a little more than a week since the Supreme Court overturned Roe versus Wade.

0:35.2

And what the Court's conservative majority basically said in their opinion was, look,

0:39.8

the U.S. Constitution has nothing to say about abortion. It's up to the states to act.

0:45.2

So in the days that followed, states got to work.

0:51.2

I just sign an executive order that solidifies California status as a reproductive safe haven for women.

0:59.0

Some blue states made moves to further strengthen abortion rights. A large batch of red states

1:04.4

meanwhile already had restrictions ready to go. But it's not so cut and dry in some of those

1:09.9

states thanks to numerous court challenges.

1:12.7

And that's when it gets really tricky.

1:14.7

What's legal, what's not,

1:16.2

is this even safe to be talking about over text?

1:19.2

These are just some of the questions women

1:21.7

and health care providers are asking right now.

1:24.4

So today we're going to go to the Midwest and see how this new reality is playing out on the

1:29.4

ground. My guest is CNN's Alexandra Field.

1:33.0

She's just back from Missouri, where one of the nation's strictest bands

1:37.0

is already having wide-ranging impacts on both sides of the state line.

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