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Roe v. Wade
Twenty five years after Roe v. Wade, more than half the doctors willing to perform abortion are past retirement age. Legality and ethics have been the basis for arguments about abortion. Is there now a question of availability?
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readJack Hitt: Freelance journalist; author of a recent New York Times Magazine piece on the decline of doctors willing to perform abortions. Also a writer at large GQ, contributing editor to the public radio program This American Life. Dr. Alicia Bazzano: Physician, UCLA school of public health. As a medical student at UCLA, researched curricula regarding women's health training. Dr. Wanda Franz: President, National Right to Life Committee. Holds Ph.D in developmental psychology. Michaelene Jackson: Executive Director, California Pro-life, San Diego. Dr. Mary Gatter: Medical Director, Planned Parenthood LA. David Brooks: Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard David Corn: Washington Editor, The Nation Magazine
