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Rachel Maddow: 87% Of U.S. Counties Have No Access To Abortion Clinic
In an informative and highly disturbing segment, Rachel Maddow goes through all the ways different states block access to abortion. Many states require a 24 hour waiting period, ensuring women have to make two seperate trips; several states have only one abortion provider; others heavily restrict insurers from covering the procedure, etc. etc.
Concludes Maddow, "Why bother making it illegal if you can just make it impossible to get?"
Video after the jump.
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