Watch: Fifty Years after ‘Roe,’ Abortion Rights Battle Shifts to the States

By Sarah Varney

January 24, 2023

<br /> <span class="byline">Sarah Varney, Kaiser Well being Information</span></p> <p>Sunday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Courtroom’s landmark ruling in <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, granting federal constitutional safety for the correct to hunt an abortion. Final yr, a really completely different Supreme Courtroom overturned <em>Roe</em>, erasing that federal proper for ladies throughout the US and, as an alternative, giving particular person states broad authority to manage and prohibit abortion inside their borders.</p> <p>On this report co-produced by PBS NewsHour, KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney joins “PBS Information Weekend” anchor John Yang to debate how abortion opponents and supporters are taking their campaigns to the states, the influence of abortion bans on medical care for ladies, and the rising conflicts over treatment abortion capsules.</p> <p>We requested individuals throughout the nation what the abrupt shift in abortion entry has meant to them, and we lay out the stakes within the political battles forward.</p> <p>
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