The Mississippi and Texas laws threatening abortion rights US -podcast

As the supreme court hears new challenges to Roe v Wade, American abortion rights hang in the balance

According to recent polls, Americans overwhelmingly support Roe v Wade, the 1973 US supreme court ruling that protects a woman's right to an abortion. But two new legal challenges to that decision could jeopardise the ability of American women to access abortions - and have knock-on effects for reproductive rights across the globe.

Guardian US health reporter Jessica Glenza has been reporting on laws that severely restrict abortion access in Mississippi and Texas; she tells Nosheen Iqbal that this is a perilous moment' for reproductive rights in the US.