The Evolution of Abortion Laws Leading to Roe v. Wade

The Supreme Court may be on the cusp of overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling which established abortion access as a constitutional right. In this edited conversation from September, Nina Totenberg and Tamara Keith discuss what the U.S. looked like before the Roe decision — and what it could look like if the high court strikes it down.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith and legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.

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