Will Roe be Overturned?: Abortion and the Constitution Part 1
We the People
National Constitution Center
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2019
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, and welcome |
| 0:08.0 | to We The People, a weekly show of constitutional debate. |
| 0:11.7 | The National Constitution Center is a nonpartisan nonprofit chartered by Congress to increase awareness |
| 0:17.4 | and understanding of the Constitution among the American people. |
| 0:21.4 | Dear we the people friends, abortion laws are back in the people. in states, including Missouri, Alabama and Georgia. |
| 0:33.8 | And we're so honored today on We The People |
| 0:36.2 | to have two of America's most important voices |
| 0:40.1 | for and against the constitutional arguments in favor of protecting the right to choose with us, |
| 0:48.0 | to educate all of us. |
| 0:50.0 | Catherine Colbert, who is sitting here in studio and is now based in Philadelphia, |
| 0:55.0 | argued the landmark case of Planned Parenthood versus Casey before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1992. |
| 1:02.0 | She recently retired as Constance Hess Williams 66 |
| 1:06.7 | founding director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies and as a professor in |
| 1:10.5 | the Political Science Department at Barnard College and was previously |
| 1:14.2 | president and CEO of People for the American Way and co-founder and vice president |
| 1:18.8 | of the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy. |
| 1:20.9 | Catherine, it's great to have you back in Philadelphia and here in studio. |
| 1:25.6 | Thanks. |
| 1:26.6 | And Clark Forsyth is Senior Council at Americans United for Life, where he's worked for more |
| 1:31.4 | than three decades. |
| 1:32.6 | He's the author of Abuse of Discretion, |
| 1:34.9 | the Inside Story of Roe versus Wade, |
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