June 1, 2018
Americans have jousted over abortion for decades. Some supporters of abortion rights thought the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court decision that permitted legal abortions would end the debate. RIPR political analyst Scott MacKay says they were wrong. (Advance copy of commentary scheduled to air Monday.)
The debate over abortion never went away. It has become a flashpoint in the nation’s culture wars, still a litmus political issue. In Rhode Island, the nation’s most Roman Catholic state, abortion rights and women’s reproductive topics are back again at the Statehouse.
