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The following program is a PBS Wisconsin original production.

Leslie Freehill:

Patients in Wisconsin can’t count on getting the care that they need when they need it. They can’t trust that they will. Physicians can’t trust that they’re not going to end up behind bars for doing what they’d been trained to do.

Frederica Freyberg:

Legal arguments in the challenge to Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban begin in court and racist comments from a UW-Madison student sparked outrage nationwide.

I’m Frederica Freyberg. Tonight on “Here & Now,” a legal expert explains the lawsuit challenging abortion statutes on the books. Protests over a viral video with racist comments from a UW-Madison student. We hear more details behind the GOP shared revenue plan and a look at the state’s reliance on immigrant labor. It’s “Here & Now” for May 5.

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Funding for “Here & Now” is provided by the Focus Fund for Journalism and Friends of PBS Wisconsin.