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Abortion: After the US Supreme Court's Latest Decision
A majority of the US Supreme Court has changed its standards when it comes to abortion. The minority finds that "alarming." Can doctors still use what they believe are the safest procedures? What's left of a woman's right to choose? Also, the death of former Russian president, Boris Yeltsin and, on Reporter's Notebook, the FDA knew in advance that spinach might be contaminated, but failed to stop it from getting into the food supply.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenA majority of the US Supreme Court has changed its standards when it comes to abortion. The minority finds that "alarming." Can doctors still use what they believe are the safest procedures? What's left of a woman's right to choose? Also, the death of former Russian president, Boris Yeltsin and, on Reporter's Notebook, the FDA knew in advance that spinach might be contaminated, but failed to stop it from getting into the food supply.
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3 storiesBoris Yeltsin, Russia's First Elected President, Dies at 76
He presided over the dissolution of the Soviet Union and became Russia's first elected president. Today, Boris Yeltsin has died at the age of 76, as the US grapples with his successor, Valdimir Putin . Konstantin von Eggert reports from Moscow for the BBC .
Read the story6 minAbortion: After the US Supreme Court's Latest Decision
Women still have the right to choose an abortion in the United States, but not by "intact dilation and extraction," also called "partial birth abortion." Last week's US Supreme Court decision upheld a ban based not on the physical health of the mother but the fear that a gruesome procedure might cause women emotional harm, including…
Read the story36 minIs the FDA Capable of Policing the Food Supply?
Three people were killed by contaminated spinach from California this year, and hundreds more were sickened before the FDA ordered a recall. Not only did the Food and Drug Administration know about problems with spinach , it was also aware of problems with contaminated peanut butter.
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