WPR Reports

About WPR Reports

"WPR Reports" features in-depth investigations from Wisconsin Public Radio. The current project is an audio documentary, "How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849," which examines Wisconsin's abortion ban, how it came to be and how Wisconsinites have lived with and without it since.

Publisher

Wisconsin Public Radio

Category

government · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Oct 2019

Latest episode

30 Jan 2024

Latest episodes

2 of 34 episodes have a transcript.

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   30 Jan 2024TRANSCRIPT

   How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849

   A challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last June when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In our half-hour special “How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849,” Bridgit Bowden […]

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   30 Jan 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Coming Soon – How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849

   A challenge to Wisconsin’s abortion ban could already be making its way to the state Supreme Court. The law was first passed in 1849 and went back into effect last June when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. In our half-hour special “How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849,” Bridgit Bowden […]

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   12 Oct 2022

   ‘Uprooted’ Ep. 1: From Cuba to Oktoberfest

   From Cuba to Oktoberfest

Inside a recent episode

How We Got Here: Abortion in Wisconsin Since 1849

Published 30 Jan 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] First of all, there were no pregnancy tests. The only way to prove someone was pregnant was when they felt the baby move. That's called quickening. Before quickening, you might be pregnant, but you wouldn't really know, or you might reasonably think you were pregnant, but you didn't want to be. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

64 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

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Engagement

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