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Law vs. Life: The Abortion Debate Gets Personal

Season 2026 | 4m 12s

In a rare, tragic pregnancy scenario (hypothetical), panelists debate whether the fictional state of Middlevania’s strict abortion law should allow induced labor. They clash over whether induced labor is abortion, who decides, and what counts as life—while one panelist’s real 22-week ordeal reminds us these choices aren’t always theoretical.

Funding for this program was provided in part by grants from The Rosalind P. Walter Foundation and by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation and by contributions from viewers like you. Thank you. Location furnished by The New York Historical.
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