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Abortion restrictions disproportionately impact Black women

It’s been more than two years since the Supreme Court ended the constitutional right to abortion. Since then, nearly two dozen states have banned or restricted access to the procedure and abortion pills. Special correspondent Sarah Varney traveled to Tennessee to report on the disproportionate impact abortion bans are having on Black women. It's part of our series, Race Matters.

Abortion restrictions disproportionately impact Black women

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