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Activists on the abortion issue are focused on the upcoming Roberts hearings, but in the last year many states have passed laws restricting abortion access. A panel joins Diane to talk about new state laws relating to abortion and reproductive rights.
*This program opened with a 15-minute update from Red Cross rapid-response team member Darren Irby, who spoke with Diane from Biloxi, Mississippi about aid efforts for those affected by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf Coast area.
David Bereit, director of program development, American Life League
Ceci Connolly, reporter, Washington Post
Kate Michelman, president emerita, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and author of "Protecting the Right to Choose."
One of the summer's hottest reads is a first novel by a woman who wrote in obscurity for ten years. She talks with Diane about writing a fresh take on the Dracula legend as seen through the eyes of scholars.
Elizabeth Kostova, author and winner of the Hopwood Award for the Novel-in-Progress.
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