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Maternal mortality expected to rise following Roe v Wade; Plus M4BL renews campaign to free Mutulu Shakur

Mutulu Shakur in 1986. Image by Loaveli is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

On today’s show:

0:08 – According to a recent study, maternal mortality rates are expected to increase following an abortion ban. Leslie Root, (@les_ja) a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado Boulder and one of the authors of the study joins us to discuss.

0:33 – The Movement for Black Lives has organized a campaign to release political prisoner Mutulu Shakur. In August 2019, our host Jeannine Etter interviewed Watani Tyehimba, criminal investigator and member of Shakur’s legal team.