As some states move to crack down on abortion clinics, protests at some facilities are heating up. In North Carolina scores of activists descend every weekend on , an abortion clinic in Charlotte. Calla Hales, the director of the clinic, says anti-abortion protestors have become increasingly aggressive, and local police navigate a gray-zone of enforcing city ordinances.
A new documentary 鈥溾�� by , documents the tensions at the Charlotte clinic as well as at a clinic in Fargo, North Dakota. Host Anita Rao speaks with Hales, and documentary filmmaker about the situation in Charlotte, and what needs to be done to ensure protesters, clinic workers and patients stay safe. Hales also describes her fear for her own safety, which is expanded upon in .
Rao also speaks with , assistant professor of history at Tulane University, about her new book 鈥溾�� (University of Illinois Press/ 2017) which documents the history of activism on different sides of the abortion debate.
