On this week’s 51%, we discuss Texas Law SB 8, a new law banning abortion in the state after six weeks of pregnancy – before many women know they are pregnant. The Supreme Court allowed the law to take effect September 1. What does this signal for the future of Roe v. Wade? We sit down with Chelly Hegan, the president and CEO of Upper Hudson Planned Parenthood, and Dr. Julie Novkov of the University at Albany.
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The Arizona state Supreme Court has cleared the way for the revival of an abortion ban dating back to the 1860s. On this week’s...
On the latest 51%, we speak with sociologist Gretchen Sisson about her book Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood....
This week’s 51%, is the second part of a series on human trafficking and unhoused youth. We’ll speak with a young woman who became...