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Abortion access will likely remain hot issue in 2024

NPR

Published January 4, 2024 at 8:40 AM EST

Abortion access was a leading issue in 2022 and 2023, with many states enacting laws that ban or severely restrict abortion access and others expanding access or enshrining abortion access in their state constitutions. And legal battles were waged against both. Likely, with a presidential election and lawsuits playing out in court, 2024 will be no different.

University of California Davis School of Law professor Mary Ziegler joins to look at what’s to come for abortion rights in the year ahead.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.