The heat wave gripping much of europe pushed temperatures there past 104 degrees fahrenheit. Electric transformers overheated and fires broke out across the country. More than 100 million americans from texas to kentucky were under heat advisories or warnings on Tuesday. In oklahoma city, temperatures reached 110 degrees.
Across the United States, Republicans emboldened by the overturning of Roe v. Wade are passing laws intended to stop medical staff from providing an abortion.
But those same laws may also be scaring health workers out of providing basic care for miscarriages.
Guest: Pam Belluck, a health and science writer for The New York Times.
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