24 Jan 2023

Abortion still sparking protest in US after Roe overturn

From Morning Report, 8:26 am on 24 January 2023

Days after thousands of anti-abortion activists marched through Washington DC, pro-choice campaigners have held nationwide rallies on what would have been the fiftieth anniversary of the Roe vs Wade ruling. 

About a dozen states have imposed near-total bans on abortion since the landmark ruling - which gave women a constitutional right to a termination - was overturned last year. 

The vice president, Kamala Harris, spoke at a rally in Florida, which has banned 

Corin Dann spoke to Mary Ziegler, a law professor and author of a book coming out tomorrow titled Roe: The History of a National Obsession.

She told me there's tension surrounding what would have been the fiftieth anniversary.