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Clinics Closed: Abortion in America

Duration: 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Asia PacificLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Africa

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The Supreme Court's abortion ruling - repealing Roe v Wade and ending the nationwide guarantee to abortion - has divided America. Some 26 states are now expected to ban or restrict abortion in the next few months. Sophie Long spent three weeks on the front line of the debate with staff, patients and protestors at the Little Rock Family Planning Service in Arkansas, as they waited for the court's ruling. Show less

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