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Underground abortion groups in post-Roe America

How underground abortion providers could step in after an unprecedented leak of a draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court suggested plans to overturn Roe v. Wade.
CBC News ·
A crowd of people protested outside the US Supreme Court overnight from Monday into Tuesday May 3, 2022 in Washington, DC. A draft opinion circulated among Supreme Court justices suggests that earlier this year a majority of them had thrown support behind overturning the 1973 case Roe v. Wade that legalized abortion in the United States, according to a report published Monday night in Politico. (Anna Johnson/The Associated Press)
Front Burner26:04Underground abortion groups in post-Roe America

An unprecedented leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court decision suggested plans to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision that enshrined abortion rights across the country in 1973.

If Roe v. Wade is reversed, abortion could be banned in as many as 26 states, some starting almost immediately.

Today on Front Burner, we talk to journalist and Nomadland author Jessica Bruder about the networks of underground abortion providers and what comes next for people seeking help. 

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