At the time there was a 20 week abortion ban tat i later learned, could extend to 21 weeks and six days for certain fedal anomalies or health issues of the pregnant person. So this procedure, you had to terminate your pregnancy to give frankie peace. The ina, they call it a heartbeat bill. It's not. There's no heart at five or six weeks pregnant, but there's a flicker of cells. Ah, my son did have a heart, and a heart beat that i had to listen to out loud in the exam room as part of a medically unnecessary, but legally mandated portion of my initial appointment. And i felt very onflicted. I was
The Supreme Court’s decision was most immediately felt in states that pegged abortion bans to the fall of Roe v. Wade.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with Matt Collette and Amina Al-Sadi, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited.
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