On Wednesday, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed into law a ban on nearly all abortions in the state. It joins a group of states — including Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio — that have enacted restrictions on abortion this year. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Perry Bacon Jr. discuss the legal and political thinking behind these recent changes.
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