Ohio Legislature Has No Heart, Passes Heartbeat Ban Bill

This week Nicole Knight of Rewire News, Julia D'Agostino of Women Have Options Ohio, and Sonia Van Meter of Stanford Caskey joined me to talk about the unconstitutional heartbeat ban bill passed through the Ohio legislature Tuesday.

We went over our time slot by about 10 minutes. There is no archive of that portion of the show for me to share. You can hear future episodes in their entirety by listening live at koop.org.

Discriminatory Sentencing of Pregnant Women Defies Understanding

Kylee Sunderlin of National Advocates for Pregnant Women (NAPW) joined me this week to talk about "enhanced sentencing" for a woman convicted of committing a crime while pregnant. This is in direct violation of the defendant's civil rights. NAPW is on the case, and filed an amicus brief in this woman's defense.

Wrapping Up 2014 with Choice

Rebecca Fitz, former clinic worker and medical student, joins me to talk about her experience assisting women through all aspects of reproductive choice from adoption to abortion to parenting.