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Reflections on the 20th Anniversary of Roe V. Wade

Two interviews in this segment:

1) Jean Hunt gives a grassroots perspective on abortion rights and accessiblity. Hunt is a registered nurse who has been an activist in the women's health movement since the late 60's .From 1988-1992 she was director of the Elizabeth Blackwell Health Center for Women in Philadelphia. She says that even if the federal government ensures the right to an abortion, local politics, health care economics and physician shortages make it difficult for women to get abortions.

2) Dr. Mildred Jefferson is a fomer President of the National Right To Life Committee and now serves as President of Right To Life Crusade, Inc. She was the first African-American woman to graduate from Harvard Medical School, and is currently a general surgeon and professor of surgery in Boston.

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Other segments from the episode on January 22, 1993

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 22, 1993: Interview with Jean Hunt and Mildred Jefferson; Interview with Helen Alvare and Kathryn Kolbert.

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