What Next: Republicans' Stealth Plan to Ban Abortions

A national ban on abortion remains so unpopular that even
Republican presidential candidates won’t commit to one. However, a
law from the 1870s, depending on how it's interpreted and enforced,
could ban both abortion pills and the procedure across
America.  Guest: Mary Ziegler, law professor at UC Davis and
author of Roe: The History of a National Obsession. If you enjoy
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