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President Bush spoke to abortion opponents in Washington this week, predicting they would win out eventually. Diane and her guests talk about what might happen if the Supreme Court were to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.
Marcia Greenberger, founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center
Dorothy Timbs, legislative counsel for state legislation for the National Right to Life Committee
In modern society, happiness is everywhere. It's promised by prescription drugs, used to sell just about anything and everything, and leads many on a fruitless quest. A look at the history of happiness.
Darrin McMahon, is the author of "Enemies of the Enlightenment: The French Counter-Enlightenment and the Making of Modernity." He is a professor at Florida State University.
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