Podcast: KHN’s ‘What The Health?’ The State Of The Abortion Debate — A Deep Dive


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Abortion is one of the hottest political issues of 2019. With a newly configured Supreme Court, which many pundits think has the votes to roll back or overturn the landmark 1972 Roe v. Wade ruling, states are rushing either to protect abortion rights or pass laws intended to restrict or ban it.

But the abortion debate is much more complicated than just pro or con. It’s entangled in partisan politics, health care, religion and more.

For this 100th episode of KHN’s “What the Health?” we take a deep dive into the state of abortion in the United States.

This week’s panelists are Julie Rovner from Kaiser Health News, Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Jen Haberkorn of The Los Angeles Times, and Sandhya Ramen of CQ Roll Call.

Also, Rovner interviews KHN’s Lauren Weber, who wrote the latest “Bill of the Month” feature about a not-so-funny bill for laughing gas.

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Among the takeaways from this week’s podcast:

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This story was produced by Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent program of the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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