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Abortion abolitionists protest outdoors of an IVF clinic in Texas.

Sarah McCammon for NPR

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Sarah McCammon for NPR

Abortion abolitionists protest outdoors of an IVF clinic in Texas.

Sarah McCammon for NPR

In the previous few years, greater than a dozen states have enacted legal guidelines that ban nearly all abortions. Some embrace exceptions for rape, incest, and to guard the lifetime of the mom. However a small, vocal group of anti-abortion activists say even these exceptions are morally unsuitable. They need to see a ban not solely on all abortions but additionally on some fertility therapies, together with IVF. They imagine an embryo deserves the identical rights as any human.

On this episode of The Sunday Story from Up First, NPR’s Sarah McCammon takes us to a protest outdoors an IVF clinic and talks to activists who name themselves “abortion abolitionists.” These activists say their aim is to show their beliefs into coverage and are heartened by the progress they’ve made.

This episode was produced by Justine Yan and edited by Jenny Schmidt and Megan Pratz. It was engineered by Gilly Moon.

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