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EPISODE · Jan 9, 2026 · 31 MIN

What Crisis Pregnancy Centers Can Tell Us about Today’s Anti-Abortion Movement with Carrie Baker

from Body & State · host Sarah Varney

I sit down with Carrie Baker, a professor of the study of women and gender at Smith College. She’s authored a number of books on women’s legal history, gender policy, and reproductive health activism; her most recent book, “Abortion Pills: US History and Politics”, examines the history of the medication throughout American history. We discuss today’s anti-abortion movement, from contraception to anti-abortion centers. WATCH ON PBS NEWSHOUR: Rise of crisis pregnancy centers highlights shift in anti-abortion movement https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/rise-of-crisis-pregnancy-centers-highlights-shift-in-anti-abortion-movement 

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