The Battle Against Abortion: State by State
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 3 September 2014
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
It’s been 41 years since the US Supreme Court approved a woman’s right to choose an abortion. Now the anti-abortion movement may be close to getting another case before a very different Supreme Court—hoping for a different decision.
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| 0:00.0 | From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point. |
| 0:07.9 | The battle against abortion, state by state. |
| 0:14.2 | Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:18.2 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:20.6 | It's been 41 |
| 0:21.3 | years since the U.S. Supreme Court approved a woman's right to choose an abortion. Now the anti-abortion |
| 0:25.8 | movement may be close to getting another case before a very different Supreme Court, hoping for a |
| 0:31.1 | different decision. Last year, 24 states adopted 70 restrictions and dispute is raging. are the new laws designed to make abortions |
| 0:39.0 | safer or make them harder to come by? We'll hear how abortion clinics are being forced to close |
| 0:43.7 | down and talk to a doctor who believes that abortion is health care. Today's talking point, |
| 0:49.6 | Commander X and Anonymous, from the Arab Spring to Ferguson, Missouri. First, here's the news. |
| 1:00.2 | Listen to KCRW's 24-hour all-news channel. Stream BBC World Service, NPRW programs, |
| 1:09.7 | continuous coverage and accessible via our smartphone app or online at kCRW.com. |
| 1:19.6 | Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund. |
| 1:26.5 | Hello, Jan Mormon, I'll Neback with To The Point. In many states, new laws are closing abortion clinics. We'll talk to the last abortion doctor in Mississippi, as challenges to recent restrictions may put one of America's most controversial issues back before the U.S. Supreme Court for the first time in 41 years. Today's talking point, the hackers called |
| 1:45.1 | Anonymous are known for online activism and Guy Fox masks. Are they doing more harm than good? |
| 1:51.2 | What does Commander X have to say? First, this news update. Russian President Vladimir Putin |
| 1:56.0 | says he and Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko have a similar understanding about a settlement with |
| 2:01.8 | pro-Russian separates when they conduct talks on Friday in Belarus. |
| 2:06.4 | Meantime, NATO begins a summit meeting tomorrow in Wales. |
| 2:09.7 | Roland Oliphant is the Moscow correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. |
| 2:13.1 | Thank you so much for joining us. |
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