Almost every Black Lives Matter protest in 2020 saw a police response. But police rarely intervene in anti-abortion protests, despite the fact that these protests frequently involve violations of federal law. Writer Molly Shah shares what she found when she looked into this discrepancy.

Why Anti-Abortion Protesters Get Special Treatment from Police

Abortion is popular, and common. So why are people afraid to talk about it? How much more might you understand about abortion access in the U.S. if talking about it wasn’t taboo?

On ACCESS, our goal is to answer all the questions you might have been afraid to ask, dedicating every single episode to abortion. There are no pundits here, only experts—including real people who’ve had abortions.

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Abortion is popular, and common. So why are people afraid to talk about it? How much more might you understand about abortion access in the U.S. if talking about it wasn’t taboo? On ACCESS, our goal is to answer all the questions you might have been afraid to ask, dedicating every single episode to abortion. There are no pundits here, only experts—including real people who’ve had abortions.

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