Midterm Elections

Election '22: What Matters: The Fight Over Legal Abortion

Today: a nationwide look at how the fight over legal abortion is impacting the midterms.

Election '22: What Matters: The Fight Over Legal Abortion
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Election ’22: What Matters gives viewers a nationwide look at how the fight over legal abortion is impacting the midterms. Reproductive rights will be on the ballot in 5 states and have upended races across the country as candidates stake out their positions on one of the country's most divisive issues.


In this episode, KXXV reporter Nick Bradshaw tells the story of how a “quintessentially pro-life” Texas woman's complicated pregnancy was made more difficult by new laws. 


Election 22: What Matters airs at 8:30 p.m. Fridays on Newsy, and re-runs air at 7 a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays on Newsy. Each week dives into one of the issues that will decide the midterm elections.