Nebraska Pro-Life Legislation Could Head For U.S. Supreme Court

Upcoming Show: 5/15/2010 7:00 PM Pacific

Douglas V. Gibbs Political Pistachio Radio Revolution: Pro-Life Nebraska Supreme Court Case

Dorothy Yeung, J.D. is the legislative counsel for the National Right to Life State Legislation Department and joins us tonight to discuss the pro-life movement in Nebraska and how a landmark abortion-rights case is going to come before the Supreme Court. Dorothy is coming on the program tonight to discuss the intriguing details of the Nebraska bill currently making its way through the Nebraska statehouse and how at the core of the bill is new scientific evidence indicating that, after 20 weeks in the womb, a fetus has developed all the nervous structures necessary to begin feeling pain, thus establishing a cruelty threshold that brings an entirely new perspective to the abortion debate. In Nebraska, with the passage of this bill, abortions would be banned after said 20 weeks (with certain exceptions contingent on health risks to the mother). Of course, everyone knows that, if it does indeed pass and become state law, pro-choice groups will argue it is in violation of the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, and they’ll see that it too goes before the Justices. For pro-life advocates this may not be a bad thing. In light of this new scientific evidence, the pro-life case might not only successfully defend this Nebraska law, but also open the door for the Supreme Court to revisit precedent. “Since 1973, there has been a lot of development in what we know about the developing, unknown child,” says Yeung's colleague, Mary Balch. “This new information should make it to the Supreme Court.” Don’t miss this opportunity to listen to a whole new, thought-provoking angle on one of the most deadlocked debates in U.S. political and cultural history. Listen tonight at 7pm Pacific, or catch the archive later, to my interview with Dorothy Yeung, who is an incredibly astute voice on the pro-life side, on BlogTalkRadio/PoliticalPistachio. Conservative News and Commentary