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Today, Explained

The New Abortion Wars

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Kentucky just joined a wave of states attempting to severely limit when a woman can terminate her pregnancy. Vox’s Anna North surveys the growing restrictions on women’s reproduction under the Trump administration, and explains why the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade might once again be in jeopardy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.8

There are well over 100 clinics where you can get an abortion in California.

0:26.8

In Mississippi, there's one.

0:30.0

The clinic is called Jackson Women's Health Organization, but people also call it the

0:37.2

pink house because it's bright pink.

0:39.2

And in North writes about gender at Vox.

0:41.8

They've been a fielding various challenges to their operations for many years.

0:47.1

And this facility is pretty familiar with controversy over many years.

0:52.4

They're protesters.

0:53.7

You are killing your child because to cover up your own

0:57.9

There are also folks who come there as clinic escorts to walk people past

1:01.7

protesters.

1:02.9

Our purpose here is to get patients from their car to the clinic doors as safely and with

1:09.5

as little harassment as possible.

1:11.7

When there is only a few abortion providers in this state, it's actually can be kind of

1:16.1

dangerous to be an abortion provider.

1:17.8

You don't necessarily, you don't necessarily want to take that on.

1:21.3

People aren't moving to these states where abortion is very, very stigmatized.

1:26.4

To try to become providers.

1:29.3

And Mississippi just made it even harder to get an abortion.

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