How Anti-Abortion Laws Trap Domestic Abuse Survivors

Experts say domestic violence tends to start or intensify during pregnancy. But since the overturn of Roe v. Wade, terminating a pregnancy—or even advising or helping someone to terminate a pregnancy—has been criminalized in several states which can leave survivors of domestic violence unable to separate from an abusive partner.

 

Guest: Julianne McShane, writer at Mother Jones covering the intersection of gender and inequity.

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