# BPR Full Show 5/4/26: Another Setback In Abortion Access

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Podcast: [Boston Public Radio Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/boston-public-radio-podcast-740829)
Published: 2026-05-04T18:04:05+00:00
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The Guardian's Margaret Sullivan discusses global press freedom ratings at their lowest in a quarter century. Michael Curry of the Mass League of Community Health Centers talks the mifepristone manufacturers petitioning SCOTUS to restore full access to the medication, and the millions of Americans dropping from Obamacare in the wake of subsidy expirations. Brandon Terry, author of "Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement" discusses his work — a warning that we romanticize the battles of that era at our peril. Clementina Chéry of the Louis D. Brown Pease Institute zooms in ahead of the 30th annual Mothers Day Walk for Peace on May 10.

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