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Seg. 1: USDA Picks Kansas City | Seg. 2: Ethics Of Abortion

Segment 1: USDA research facilities will relocate to Kansas City area.

The headquarters of the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture will soon move to Kansas City. We discussed the news with the Kansas City Area Development Council and heard from U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Emanuel Cleaver.


Segment 2, beginning at 25:55: The ethical and constitutional questions surrounding abortion.

Two professors discussed the ethics of granting rights to a fetus, and the legality of limiting a woman's right to privacy. 

  • Edward Cantu, law professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Deborah Williams, law and bioethics professor, Johnson County Community College and University of Kansas

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Steve Kraske is an associate teaching professor of journalism at UMKC, a political columnist for The Kansas City Star and has hosted "Up to Date" since 2002. He worked as the full-time political correspondent for The Star from 1994-2013 covering national, state and local campaigns. He also has covered the statehouses in Topeka and Jefferson City.