UNC Associate Professor Rebecca Kreitzer joins 97.9 The Hill’s Brighton McConnell to share perspectives on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and scale back federal abortion protection. Plus, Kreitzer details the impacts the ruling will have in North Carolina.

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