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Doctors and abortion in the US

We speak to two women who work in family planning clinics that provide abortions.

The debate continues in the US over the right to abortion after last week's news that the Supreme Court may overturn the Roe v Wade ruling. Today we speak to two women who work in family planning clinics that provide abortions. One doctor is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where is abortion is legal up to the 24th week of pregnancy. The other doctor is in Louisville, Kentucky which is one of the thirteen states to have a trigger act in place that would automatically ban abortion in the first and second trimesters if Roe v Wade were overturned.

Nigerian police say two suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a Christian student accused of blasphemy against Islam. The young woman was attacked by Muslim students at her college in the city of Sokoto. We hear from our correspondent and people in the state.

And we also get the latest from our reporter in Ukraine. British military intelligence says a Russian battalion lost most of its armoured vehicles when Ukrainian forces shelled temporary floating bridges that Russian forces were using. Ukrainian officials claim more than 1000 soldiers could have been killed, but this number has not been verified.

(Photo: A hand holding an abortion pill. Credit: Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)

50 minutes

Last on

Fri 13 May 2022 16:06GMT

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  • Fri 13 May 2022 16:06GMT

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