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Abortion after the Supreme Court's latest decision.

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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. The U.S. Supreme Court appalled

a regulation based not on the physical health of the mother, but the fear that a gruesome procedure

might cause mental anguish. Descenting justices find that

alarming. Other critics call it legal paternalism and 19th century thinking about women's rights.

On to the point, what do women and their doctors do now? Did abortion rights leaders drop the

ball when Alito and Roberts were named to the court? On reporter's notebook later on is the FDA capable of policing the food supply.

First, here's the news.

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Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello, again. Marman Ali back with To the Point. A new majority

has changed the rules by which the U.S. Supreme Court judges its decisions on when it comes to abortion.

The minority finds the new changes alarming. On To the Point, can doctors still use what they believe are the safest procedures, what's left of a women's right to choose. 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. We'll talk to a former FDA commissioner. First, this news update, Boris Yelsohn presided over the dismemberment of the Soviet Union.

He became Russia's first elected president.

Yeltsin has died at the age of 76 as the U.S. is grappling with his hand-picked successor, Vladimir Putin.

Constantine Egert reports from Moscow.

He's bureau chief for the BBC Russian service. And Constantine Egert, always good to have you on our program.

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