On April 18, 2007, the Supreme Court handed down a major ruling on abortion rights, upholding the constitutionality of the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act. The 5-4 decision in the case, Gonzales v. Carhart, upheld, for the first time, a law that bans a specific abortion method, and did so even though the law does not contain an exception for cases in which a woman's health is in danger. The decision is likely to prompt new efforts to enact abortion restrictions, and more litigation. What does the decision portend for the legislatures and for the courts, as new restrictions are enacted and challenged and the cases wend their way up to the Supreme Court?

Join a panel of experts as they discuss the recent ruling and examine how it might affect the abortion debate and abortion jurisprudence in the future.

• Eve C. Gartner, Deputy Director, Public Policy Litigation and Law, Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Marcia D. Greenberger, Co-President, National Women's Law Center
• Cathy Cleaver Ruse, Senior Fellow, The Family Research Council
• M. Edward Whelan III, President, Ethics and Public Policy Center
• Moderator, Judith C. Appelbaum, Director of Programs, American Constitution Society for Law and Policy