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How abortion opponents are working to rollback Roe v. Wade

How anti-abortion activists laid the groundwork for rollback of Roe v. Wade

Aired 06/16/2022

PBS News Hour

How abortion opponents are working to rollback Roe v. Wade

Clip: 6/16/2022 | 8m 58sVideo has Closed Captions

How anti-abortion activists laid the groundwork for rollback of Roe v. Wade

Last month, a leaked draft opinion showed that the Supreme Court may soon overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that provided a right to abortion across the country. That decision is not yet final, but as special correspondent Cat Wise reports, the work by abortion-rights opponents to arrive at this moment has been decades in the making.

Aired 06/16/2022

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