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Guest host: Susan Page
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.
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
Guest host: Susan Page
Sir John Holmes, British ambassador to France since 2001, joins guest host Susan Page to talk about his new job as chief of humanitarian affairs for the United Nations. He explains what the world is -- and is not -- doing to help Iraqi refugees, victims of the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan, and people in need all over the world.
Sir John Holmes, U.N. Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Emergency Relief Coordinator
Suliman Giddo, president of Darfur Peace and Development
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