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May 27
25m 21s

A New Front Line for Abortion Rights

The New York Times
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After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, abortions in the United States actually went up, in part because of a novel legal strategy that pitted blue states against red states.

Pam Belluck, who covers health and science for The Times, discusses that strategy and explains how proceedings against a New York doctor could take it apart.

Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science reporter at The New York Times.

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