Reflections on Grief and Hope Amidst Reproductive Rights Challenges

This week, The Daily is revisiting some of our favorite episodes of the year and checking in on what has happened in the time since.

In May, the United States was stunned by the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion that previewed the end of Roe v. Wade. After, we spoke to people on both sides of the abortion issue. Today, we revisit conversations with two women, an anti-abortion activist and an abortion provider, and discuss how their lives have changed since the end of the constitutional right to abortion.

Guests: 

• Anja Baker, an anti-abortion activist in Mississippi who works for Her PLAN, a project of the Susan B. Anthony List Education Fund.
• Dr. Jessica Rubino, a family medicine physician who was previously an abortion provider at Austin Women’s Health Center.

Background reading:

• The Times has been tracking the status of abortion laws in each state. Here are the latest updates.
• What does it cost to get an abortion now? With the procedure banned in many states, patients face added expenses for travel, lodging and child care. More of them are turning to charities for help.

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