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    Does Roe v. Wade have a future?

    Abortion is legal under federal law, but Red State Republicans are making it hard for women to exercise their constitutional right to choose.

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    By Warren Olney • Jun 7, 2019 • 42m Listen

    Since Roe v. Wade and the legalization of abortion in 1973, the pro-life movement has not made it easy for women seeking access to an abortion clinic. An abortion escort is often needed to get past protesters. We’ll hear firsthand what that’s like. Now the battle over a woman’s constitutional right has moved from the streets to red-state legislatures and President Trump is seizing the moment.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Linda Ilsley

      California resident reflects on her time an abortion clinic escort in the 1990’s in Milwaukee, WI.

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      Anna North

      Senior Correspondent for Vox

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      Mary Ziegler

      law professor at UC Davis and author of ‘Roe: The History of a National Obsession’

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