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Media Roundtable: Most abortions are now banned in at least 13 states and more are expected to follow suit

Women take part in a 1977 demonstration in New York City demanding safe and legal abortions for all women.
Women take part in a 1977 demonstration in New York City demanding safe and legal abortions for all women.

On this edition of Your Call’s Media Roundtable, we're discussing media coverage of the post-Roe landscape in the US. This week, West Virginia became the latest state to pass a near-total ban on abortion and Indiana's ban went into effect on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham introduced an extreme 15-week federal abortion ban.

How are the media covering the impact of anti-abortion laws on the lives and well being of women, girls, and pregnant people?

Guests:

Jodi Jacabson, writer and former president and editor-in-chief of Rewire News

Meaghan Winter, freelance magazine writer and author of All Politics Is Local: Why Progressives Must Fight for the States

Web Resources:

The Nation: How Kansas Kept Abortion Legal

The Washington Post: As Indiana’s abortion ban goes into effect, doctors brace for impact

The Guardian: Republicans won’t stop until abortion is banned across America. And it could be

The Washington Post: 1 in 3 American women have already lost abortion access. More restrictive laws are coming.

Malihe Razazan is the senior producer of KALW's daily call-in program, Your Call.
Rose Aguilar has been the host of Your Call since 2006. She became a regular media roundtable guest in 2001. In 2019, the San Francisco Press Club named Your Call the best public affairs program. In 2017, The Nation named it the most valuable local radio show.