An Unprecedented Moment For Abortion, IVF & Fetal Personhood

Legal scholar Mary Ziegler talks about the legal battles shaping reproductive rights across the U.S. — including the scope of abortion access and the fate of IVF. And we look ahead at two very different outcomes with the election. "I don't think in the past 50 years we've had an election where the stakes could be as high, simply because Roe v. Wade isn't there as a floor anymore," Ziegler says.

Also, John Powers controversial French writer Michel Houellebecq's new novel, Annihilation.

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