The Brian Lehrer Show

How Doctors Are Becoming Activists in a Post-Roe Landscape

The Brian Lehrer Show

Show Notes

Alice Miranda Ollstein, senior healthcare reporter at Politico, author of the forthcoming book, Side Effects: How Abortion Bans Impact Everyone’s Health, talks about her reporting on the impact of abortion bans, and how physicians have had to enter the political arena in order to do their jobs.

Photo: A group of doctors join abortion rights supporters at a rally outside the Supreme Court on April 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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