It has been 43 years since聽Roe v. Wade聽passed 7-2, yet the war against reproductive health clinics has not subsided.
In the past six years, 288 TRAP (Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers) laws have been passed by state legislatures, subjecting reproductive health clinics and abortion providers to legal restrictions not imposed on any other medical professionals. Unable to comply with these extensive laws, dozens of clinics in states like Alabama and Texas have been forced to close, leaving scores of women under-served, without access to legal healthcare services.
But now, a contingent of clinic workers and lawyers have taken the fight to the courts.聽聽follows leaders on the front lines of an escalating battle who are working to change the fact that, for many women, a zip code determines the fate of their constitutional rights.
As another landmark聽聽addressing abortion is decided this month, 国产视频 screened Sundance Film Festival award-winner聽罢谤补辫辫别诲听and a conversation with leading experts on what remains among the country’s most divisive issues.聽Stephanie Toti, lead counsel on that case,聽Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, joined the program.