CNN to air special on abortion
Anderson Cooper will host a show that details how reproductive rights activism, care has changed since Dobbs decision
CNN will air a special about abortion that will focus on how activists in states nationwide have navigated new laws that have restricted reproductive rights.
Without Roe: The New Abortion Landscape will be the episode title for The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper this Sunday at 8 p.m. “Without Roe: The New Abortion Landscape” will be available on demand beginning Monday, Aug. 28 to pay TV subscribers via CNN.com, CNN apps, and Cable Operator Platforms. Past episodes of The Whole Story are available to stream now on Max.
According to a news release, the episode pulls back the curtains of the ongoing state-by-state struggle over whether abortion should remain accessible in America through immersive scenes featuring advocates coming together to protect access to the procedure while opponents try to restrict them.
The crew follows people whose paths had never crossed before coming together to protect access to the procedure: Alamo Women’s Clinic moving its practice from Texas; a goat farming reproductive rights organizer with Midwest Access Coalition coordinating funding and logistics for patients; and an underground network of volunteer pilots known as Elevated Access transporting abortion providers and patients on small, private aircraft to ease the burden of their long journeys.
Many paths lead to Carbondale in southern Illinois, fast becoming an oasis of abortion access surrounded by a sea of states like Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri that have banned or restricted the procedure. With rare access inside the clinic, the documentary also features stories of women seeking care.
“Without Roe: The New Abortion Landscape” chronicles intimate moments of hope and fear, all shrouded in a veil of danger, as the stakes for providers, volunteers, and patients could not be higher, each with lives on the line.