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What does fetal viability mean? And why do ballot measures that are supposed to protect abortion rights keep sneaking in a viability limit, as if drawing the line at 23 or 24 weeks makes it reasonable to deny abortion access? On this Imani Explains it All episode, Imani Gandy explains why a fetal viability limit still amounts to an abortion ban, and why the people who hit that wall are those with the fewest options: Folks who get terrible news late, are poor, or Black, or young, or who spent weeks trying to scrape up the money to get to the one clinic left in their region.

Why a Fetal Viability Ban is Still Just a Ban

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