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Advocate predicts worsening Black maternal mortality crisis

After Roe, abortion rights advocate predicts worsening Black maternal mortality crisis

06/24/2022

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Advocate predicts worsening Black maternal mortality crisis

Clip: 6/24/2022 | 4m 39sVideo has Closed Captions

After Roe, abortion rights advocate predicts worsening Black maternal mortality crisis

As abortion is banned in many parts of the U.S., it is “unconscionable” to ask states’ pandemic-strapped health care systems to absorb more patients, said Kelly Davis, executive director of New Voices for Reproductive Justice. Davis joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the realities and growing burdens facing many women who seek abortions, and why it’s not so simple as vowing to increase support.

06/24/2022

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An anti-abortion advocate on what comes after Roe

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Clip: 6/24/2022 | 4m 57s | An anti-abortion advocate on what comes after Roe (4m 57s)

Capehart and Gerson on the end of Roe v. Wade

Clip: 6/24/2022 | 13m 39s | Capehart and Gerson on the end of Roe v. Wade (13m 39s)

How the Supreme Court rewrote national abortion law

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Clip: 6/24/2022 | 4m 27s | How the Supreme Court rewrote national abortion law (4m 27s)

Inside the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade

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Clip: 6/24/2022 | 6m 38s | Inside the Supreme Court decision that overturns abortion rights (6m 38s)

Now is the time to fight back, abortion rights advocate says

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Clip: 6/24/2022 | 4m 43s | Many will be forced into pregnancy after Roe decision, pro-choice advocate says (4m 43s)

What’s next in the legal battle over abortion?

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Clip: 6/24/2022 | 4m 21s | What’s next in the legal battle over abortion? (4m 21s)

Work ‘has just begun,’ Ohio anti-abortion advocate says

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Clip: 6/24/2022 | 3m 42s | Work ‘has just begun,’ Ohio anti-abortion advocate says after Roe overturned (3m 42s)

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