Watch: Fifty Years after ‘Roe,’ Abortion Rights Battle Shifts to the States

By Sarah Varney

January 24, 2023

<br /> <span class="byline">Sarah Varney, Kaiser Well being Information</span></p> <p>Sunday marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Courtroom’s landmark ruling in <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, granting federal constitutional safety for the correct to hunt an abortion. Final yr, a really totally different Supreme Courtroom overturned <em>Roe</em>, erasing that federal proper for girls throughout america and, as an alternative, giving particular person states broad authority to control and limit abortion inside their borders.</p> <p>On this report co-produced by PBS NewsHour, KHN senior correspondent Sarah Varney joins “PBS Information Weekend” anchor John Yang to debate how abortion opponents and supporters are taking their campaigns to the states, the affect of abortion bans on medical care for girls, and the rising conflicts over remedy abortion drugs.</p> <p>We requested folks throughout the nation what the abrupt shift in abortion entry has meant to them, and we lay out the stakes within the political battles forward.</p> <p>Copy HTML