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Trust Women CEO Julie Burkhart On Anti-Choice Legislation Sweeping The Nation

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Julie Burkhart, CEO of the Trust Women Foundation abortion-rights group, speaks during a Kansas Senate committee hearing against a bill banning a procedure used in 8 percent of the abortions performed in Kansas, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015.

On this edition of Your Call, we’ll have a conversation with Julie Burkhart, founder and CEO of Trust Women Foundation, a pro-choice and reproductive justice organization based in Wichita, Kansas.

Burkhart worked side by side with Dr. George Tiller for seven years before he was assassinated in 2009 by an anti-abortion extremist. With anti-abortion legislation sweeping the country, what challenges do abortion providers face and how are they fighting back? 

Guest:

Julie Burkhart, founder and CEO of the Trust Women Foundation

Web Resources:

ABC News: Amid abortion debates, activists remember Dr. George Tiller's murder 10 years ago

NY Times: Leana Wen: Why I Left Planned Parenthood

The Hill: Abortion care is part of our American fabric