Why Women Seek Abortions After 15 Weeks

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🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

The Supreme Court could allow Mississippi's ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy to take effect. In the United States, many women end up getting abortions after that point because of clinic backlogs and cost issues.

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, national correspondent Sarah McCammon, and legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Janet calling from Versailles Kentucky.
0:02.8	I just checked out my most listened to podcast from 2021
0:06.8	and guess which one came in first?
0:09.2	By far.
0:11.6	This podcast was recorded at.
0:13.3	Well, I she didn't actually say, but I'm gonna take a leap of faith there
0:17.9	and think that perhaps we were her most favorite podcast,
0:21.2	most listened to podcast of the year.
0:23.0	If so, thank you.
0:24.9	The time is 209 PM on Tuesday, December 7th.
0:30.1	Things may have changed by the time you listen to this,
0:32.6	but it will remain true that I listened to a total of 226 episodes
0:38.7	of the NPR Politics Podcast for a total of 4,140 minutes,
0:44.7	which just feels like a lot.
0:48.0	Love the show you guys and all right, here's the show.
0:51.3	Well, thank you.
0:55.8	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:58.0	I'm Usma Khalid. I cover the White House.
1:00.0	And I'm Nina Tottenberg. I cover the Supreme Court.
1:02.6	And today on the show, we're joined by NPR National Correspondent,
1:05.5	Sarah McCammon. She's done a lot of really exceptional reporting
1:09.0	on reproductive rights and abortion.
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