Podcast: 2019-05-13 Laws Across the Country Seek to Limit Abortion to 6 Weeks
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Laws Across the Country Seek to Limit Abortion to 6 Weeks
The Alabama bill aims to criminalize abortion in almost all cases and would charge doctors with up to 99 years in prisons for providing abortions.
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