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Oregon Abortion Rights Group Views Battles Ahead

Lorie Shaull, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56412956
Norma McCorvey, the "Roe" in Roe vs Wade, with Gloria Allred at the U.S. Supreme Court, 1989.

The 1973 Roe vs Wade decision legalizing abortion across the United States has been in the news again of late. 

Not like it's ever out of the news for long, but the nomination of a new federal Supreme Court justice raises the possibility that the court will consider, and restrict or overturn, Roe vs Wade in the next couple of years. 

That is a concern to NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon, which supports the maintenance of abortion rights in the state. 

Oregon has some of the most liberal abortion laws in the country, but the group is monitoring events just the same.  Executive Director Grayson Dempsey joins us with her thoughts.  
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.