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A panel talks about the developments in the political, cultural, and ethical debates surrounding the abortion issue that have preoccupied Americans since the 1973 landmark Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision.
Joan Biskupic, reporter, "USA Today;" author, "Sandra Day O'Connor: How the First Woman on the Supreme Court Became Its Most Influential Justice;" now working on a biography about Justice Antonin Scalia.
Frank Murray, Washington Times
Jan Crawford Greenburg, Chicago Tribune
Writer Calvin Trillin presents Tepper Isn't Going Out (Random House), his novel about an ordinary New York City man who discovers just how political on-street parking in Manhattan can be.
Calvin Trillin, staff writer with "The New Yorker" and author of 25 books, including the recently reissued "Alice, Let's Eat."