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Abortion Law In Connecticut And New York

Mary Altaffer
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AP
Demonstrators take part in a protest against abortion bans last Tuesday in New York. Abortion rights supporters have rallied across the country recently in opposition to the wave of sweeping abortion bans enacted this year in the Midwest and South.

Griswold v. Connecticut was the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision that established a constitutional right to privacy in sexual matters. That led to the Roe v. Wade ruling granting women the right to an abortion, which many now see as under threat. What led to the Griswold case and what’s happening with abortion laws in New York and Connecticut? Our guests: