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Secret Recordings Ignite New Abortion Debate
Planned Parenthood is playing defense after two undercover videos appear to show executives discussing the price of fetal tissue leftover from abortions for medical research. The controversy is all about the ethics of medical research, but is the real goal to make "a woman's right to choose" harder than ever -- just in time for the next election cycle.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 52m ListenPlanned Parenthood is playing defense after two undercover videos appear to show executives discussing the price of fetal tissue leftover from abortions for medical research. The controversy is all about the ethics of medical research, but is the real goal to make "a woman's right to choose" harder than ever -- just in time for the next election cycle. Guest host Barbara Bogaev explores the latest battle in the abortion wars.
Also, Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before Senate on the Iran nuclear deal. On today's Talking Point, the search for extra terrestrial intelligence got a $100 million boost this week from a Russian Tycoon. But do we even know where to look -- and what we'll say when we find something?
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3 storiesKerry Testifies before Senate on Iran Deal
The Obama Administration's sales pitch to Congress on the Iran nuclear deal began today. Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee .
Read the story7 minPlanned Parenthood Video Sting Reignites the Abortion Debate
In the past two weeks the Center for Medical Progress, a group headed by longtime anti-abortion activist David Daleiden, has released two videos of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the price and methods for providing fetal tissue from abortions for medical research.
Read the story34 minBig Money and New Discoveries in the Search for Aliens
Today, NASA officials announced the discovery of a new Earth-like planet that may be habitable. It’s been named Kepler - 452b.And it comes the same week that a Russian tycoon gave the search for extraterrestrial life a $100 million boost.
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