Louisiana will be debating a bill this week that would charge women who have an abortion with homicide. The bill ran into opposition not only from Democrats, but also from anti-abortion Republicans and mainstream anti-abortion groups. Louisiana lawmakers now have scrapped a plan to classify abortion as homicide after strong bipartisan pushback.
Even as the anti-abortion movement celebrates victories at the Supreme Court and in many states across the country, there is debate about where to go next.
A hard-edge faction is pursuing “abortion abolition,” a move to criminalize abortion from conception, targeting not only the providers but also the women who have the procedure.
Guest: Elizabeth Dias, a correspondent covering faith and politics for The New York Times.
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