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	Podcast:		KPFA - UpFront
	Episode:		Republicans propose a federal abortion ban; Plus a long look at the pregnancy-related mortality crisis
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:59:59
	Publish Date:		2022-09-14 07:00:00
	Description:		On today’s show: 0:08 – Jessica Mason Pieklo (@Hegemommy), Senior Vice President and Executive Editor of Rewire News Group and co-host of the podcast Boom! Lawyered unpacks South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham’s legislative proposal for a federal abortion ban. 0:20 – John Nichols (@NicholsUprising), national affairs correspondent for The Nation magazine discusses the Republican candidates distancing themselves from Senator Graham’s proposed ban. 0:33 – A total abortion ban has been predicted to result in a 20% increase in the rates of pregnancy-related mortality overall and a 30% increase for Black people. But pregnancy-related deaths in the U.S. were already rising for at least 30 years. KPFA’s Lauren Shapiro looked at why. The post Republicans propose a federal abortion ban; Plus a long look at the pregnancy-related mortality crisis appeared first on KPFA.
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