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"Shmashmortion"
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:51:22
Publish Date: 2017-08-04 11:00:00
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The surprising political history of abortion in America; how the language of the abortion debate impacts us all; state lawmakers are tightening the rules around how doctors communicate with their patients about abortion; and more.

1. Historian and New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore talks about how the political fight over abortion was forged by a few key figures, including President Nixon. 

2. In 1962, Sherri Chessen started a national conversation about abortion: her own. She tells her story about the media circus that followed. 

3. Mary Harris @marysdesk reports on how state legislatures are tightening the rules around how doctors can talk to their patients about abortion. 

4. Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts makes the case that the "pro-choice" paradigm has limited the abortion rights movement and excluded allies for women's health.

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