What Happens When Abortion is Illegal

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Monday will mark 45 years since the Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling in the case Roe v. Wade, guaranteeing a woman's constitutional right to an abortion. In the years since, the issue has stood as one of the central wedge issues defining American politics.

With a Republican-controlled government intent on restricting or eliminating abortion access across the country, we look toward places with robust anti-abortion laws, to see if a hard-line approach has any actual effects on abortion rates.

Michelle Oberman is a professor of law at Santa Clara University, and she's the author of "Her Body, Our Laws: On the Frontlines of the Abortion War, From El Salvador to Oklahoma." She joins The Takeaway to talk about these different approaches, and what their examples could mean for the United States.

This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich