Supreme Court Abortion Decision

Supreme Court Abortion Decision

The Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on a controversial abortion procedure called "intact dilation and extraction," also called "partial birth abortion" by its opponents. Susan Page and her guests talk about the arguments in the case and...

The Supreme Court upheld a federal ban on a controversial abortion procedure called "intact dilation and extraction," also called "partial birth abortion" by its opponents. Susan Page and her guests talk about the arguments in the case and the justices' opinions, and the ruling's legal, political and public health implications.

Guests

David Savage

reporter, "Los Angeles Times."

Kate Michelman

president emerita, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and author of "Protecting the Right to Choose."

Cathy Ruse

senior fellow for legal studies at the Family Research Council

Dr. LeRoy Carhart

lead plaintiff in Stenberg v. Carhart and defendant in Gonzales v. Carhart

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