MONDAY, MARCH 20
PROGRAM # 9949 12:00 PM PT
Abortion: Legal and Political Fights.
Five women who were denied a medically needed abortion sue the state of Texas over the abortion ban, a first legal action of its kind. At the same time, a judge in Texas said he would decide soon whether to issue a preliminary injunction ordering the FDA to take the abortion pill, mifepristone, off the market. In Utah, following other Republican states, the governor is banning abortion clinics, setting off a wave of fear and confusion. On the opposite side, New Mexico’s governor signed a bill prohibiting local governments from restricting access to abortion.
Honduras Approves Morning-After Pill. Honduran President Xiomara Castro, who two years ago was elected Honduras’s first female president, signed an executive agreement lifting a ban on emergency contraceptive pills. What are the ramifications for Central America, an area known for extreme anti-abortion laws?
Ohio Train Derailment: Petrochemical Disaster. Women from Pennsylvania whose lives were impacted by petrochemical pollution testified before the US Senate on the health threats facing the East Palestine community in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment and toxic chemical release. Some talked about “Cancer Alley” in the Gulf Coast and children suffering from leukemia. This is a report on the hearing, as Arizona is hit by yet another train derailment.
Guest: Carolina Peña Alarcón, Program Manager, EcoMadres, Washington, DC.
Photo: Gayatri Malhotra via Unsplash
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