Reproductive rights, protections against sexual assault, transgender rights, and access to healthcare are all under attack. Patients are scrambling to find care, pregnant inmates are overcrowded in jails, and women's health is suffering under budget cuts. The news site Rewire extensively documents what is happening to reproductive rights and justice. How should journalists hold legislators accountable for their attacks on women's health?
Guest:
Jodi Jacobson, president and editor in chief of Rewire, an online publication focused on health, rights, and justice
Rewire: Hungry, Shackled, and Grieving: What Prison Is Like for Pregnant People
Rewire:When Their Doctor Disappeared, Transgender Patients Scrambled to Find Care in Pence’s Indiana
USA Today: Republicans push 20-week abortion ban bill to get Democrats on record
UPI: ACA, reproductive laws eyed as Azar sworn in as health secretary
Huffington Post: In One Year, Trump Dismantled Reproductive Rights Around The World