The MacNeil/Lehrer Report; Teenage Abortion
- Series
- The MacNeil/Lehrer Report
- Episode
- Teenage Abortion
- Producing Organization
- NewsHour Productions
- Contributing Organization
- National Records and Archives Administration (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/507-np1wd3qs3r
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This episode of the MacNeil/Lehrer Report centers on abortion rights for minors, with a particular focus on a Massachusetts law before the Supreme Court which requires parental consent for teenage abortions (Bellotti v. Baird II). The episode covers legal and practical arguments for and against the law, touching on privacy rights, operational considerations, and the implications of the 1976 Danforth Case. Guests include two abortion clinic heads, a pro-choice attorney, and the Executive Director of the pro-life group Americans United for Life pro-life group. Among those interviewed is Bill Baird, who originally challenged the Massachusetts law.
- Created Date
- 1979-02-27
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- Social Issues
- Women
- News
- Health
- Parenting
- Rights
- Copyright NewsHour Productions, LLC. Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Public License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode)
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:31:25
- Credits
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Director: Colgan, Mick
Director: Struck, Duke
Guest: Pilpel, Harriet F.
Guest: Baird, Bill
Guest: Hoffman, Merle, 1946-
Guest: Trueman, Patrick
Host: MacNeil, Robert, 1931-
Host: Lehrer, James
Producer: Vecchione, Al
Producing Organization: NewsHour Productions
Supervisory Producer: Wershba, Shirley
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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National Records and Archives Administration
Identifier: 96802 (NARA catalog identifier)
Format: 2 inch videotape
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- Citations
- Chicago: “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report; Teenage Abortion,” 1979-02-27, National Records and Archives Administration, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed December 22, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-507-np1wd3qs3r.
- MLA: “The MacNeil/Lehrer Report; Teenage Abortion.” 1979-02-27. National Records and Archives Administration, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. December 22, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-507-np1wd3qs3r>.
- APA: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report; Teenage Abortion. Boston, MA: National Records and Archives Administration, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-507-np1wd3qs3r