{"id":29284,"date":"2016-02-25T15:38:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T20:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=29284"},"modified":"2016-02-29T10:53:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T15:53:24","slug":"february-26-2016-u-s-supreme-court-abortion-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/02\/25\/february-26-2016-u-s-supreme-court-abortion-case\/29284\/","title":{"rendered":" U.S. Supreme Court Abortion Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On March 2, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Whole Women\u2019s Health v. Hellerstedt, the biggest abortion case in decades. At issue is whether Texas laws designed for the \u201cprotection \u201c of women actually harm them. Correspondent Tim O\u2019Brien talks with the founder of plaintiff Whole Women\u2019s Health and with the attorney general of the state of Texas. 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