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'Hostile, toxic environment' in anti-abortion states is a threat to healthcare and doctors - Velshi - MSNBC
In post-Roe America under a second Trump administration, officials in anti-abortion states are escalating their efforts to criminalize abortion and punish those who provide it. In Indiana, an anti-abortion group has launched a legal fight for the public release of abortion records and vows to “ensure abortionists are held accountable.”
Meanwhile, Louisiana is trying to extradite a New York doctor for prescribing and shipping abortion pills across state lines. “What we’ve had is this hostile, toxic environment in states where they have banned abortion, making it a threat to health,” Georgetown Law Professor Michele Goodwin tells Ali Velshi. “It’s not just a threat to health, it’s a threat to medical providers being able to provide medical care to patients.” - Aired on 02/16/2025.