Your reason is the right reason. For this incredibly special part three of our storytellers podcast series, tune in to hear the abortion stories of Dr. Brendane A. Tynes and Kiah-- abortion storytellers from We Testify. For more information, check out: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/2058-two-blocks-from-the-white-house Support the show Follow Us on S ... Show More
May 7
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This week, we're bringing you a special feed drop from Disrupting Peace, a podcast from the World Peace Foundation, which explores why peace hasn’t worked, and how it still could. In each episode, Bridget Conley, research director at the World Peace Foundation, speaks with a rese ... Show More
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May 5
Abortion, Crisis Pregnancy Centers, and What Else to Watch in Indiana
Indiana was the first state to sign, pass, and enforce an abortion ban after the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization Supreme Court decision, which went into effect in 2023 (Missouri saw immediate enforcement via a trigger ban). Now, almost everyone must leave the state t ... Show More
29m 14s
Apr 28
Care and Coverage: The Importance of Doulas and Medicaid in the U.S.
Doulas, a non-medical birth professional, provide emotional, physical and social support and guidance through different aspects of sexual and reproductive health-- including labor and delivery, the prenatal and postpartum period, and during abortion care, miscarriage, or stillbir ... Show More
39m 40s
Mar 2024
Blue State Barriers and the Messy Map of Abortion Access
<p>As blue states try to shore up access to abortion and reproductive care, some are facing a threat they didn’t see coming: Catholic health care mergers.</p>
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50m 36s
Jun 2022
Your reproductive health options without Roe v. Wade
For decades, the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision protected abortion access and reproductive health decisions. Now, that has been overturned. Here's what you need to know about birth control, emergency contraception and terminating a pregnancy. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa ... Show More
25m 7s
May 2025
A New Front Line for Abortion Rights
<p>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.</p><p>Pam Belluck, who covers health and science for The Times, discusses that strategy and ex ... Show More
25m 21s
Aug 2022
What’s It Like to Be a Red-State Abortion Doctor Post-Roe?
The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the precedents set by Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which established the right to abortion in the U.S., has created a chaotic legal situation as conservative states rush to ban the procedure. On this week’s show, Vanessa ... Show More
29m 1s
Jun 2025
How Brazilians have safe abortions (regardless of the law)
In our 'Your Body, Whose Choice' series, we've focused a lot on the present and the future of reproductive health in this country. And now we'd like to share a look at the past from our sister show, NPR's Embedded. Their new 3–part series, The Network, follows a Brazilian women w ... Show More
23m 7s
Mar 2024
287. Alabama IVF Ruling: How to Stop the Attacks on Infertility Treatments & Reproductive Health with Jessica Yellin
What is happening in America – where apparently women who don’t want to be pregnant have to be pregnant, and women who want to be pregnant have to not be pregnant?!?
In today’s conversation with Jessica Yellin, former chief White House Correspondent and founder of News Not Noise ... Show More
58m 46s
Aug 2025
Trump Tariff Ruling, Texas Abortion Medication Bill, New Dietary Guidelines
A federal appeals court ruled that most of President Trump’s tariffs are illegal, but is holding off enforcing the decision until October. Also, Texas lawmakers are on track to pass further restrictions aimed at reducing the use of abortion medication. The bill would allow member ... Show More
16m 24s