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New Hampshire priests gather Monday to learn more about it. We'll take a closer look at child sex abuse and discuss the laws, definitions and healing process. NHPTV's Allison McNair's guest is Ann Grossi, a therapist who has treated child and adult sex abuse victims. Grossi is Clinical Services Manager at Behavioral Health Network Landmark Solutions in Concord and serves on the Attorney General's Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect. Call 1-800-894-5533 to report suspected child abuse.

Conservationists say the government isn't doing enough to rebuild fish stocks and want stricter fishing regulations. But critics say more regulations could all but kill the New Hampshire groundfishing industry. Laura talks with Nancy Girard, director of the Conservation Law Foundation's New Hampshire Advocacy Center www.clf.org, David Goethel, owner and operator of fishing vessel "Ellen Diane," and Eric Bilsky, senior attorney with Oceana, an ocean protection advocacy organization www.oceana.org.

Some people would like to do away with it altogether. They say it�s growing too fast and costing taxpayers way too much. But county officials say they carry out many important jobs like running nursing homes and jails. Laura�s guests are Leo Lessard, President of the Association of Counties and Register of Deeds, Strafford County www.nhcounties.org and State Representative Alf Jacobson of New London.

A bill in Congress would ban it altogether, from fertility treatments to creating cells for medical research. We?ll weigh the ethical issues: how the potential benefits of cloning are balanced with respect for human life. Trish talks with Ronald M. Green, Professor of Ethics and Human Values and Director of the Ethics Institute at Dartmouth University www.Dartmouth.edu, and Dr Peter Cataldo, Director of Research at the National Catholic Bioethics Center www.ncbcenter.org .

A proposal to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge up for oil exploration and drilling is up for debate in the US Senate this week. Laura talks about it with Ben McNitt, National Wildlife Federation www.nwf.org and Genevive Laffly-Murphy with the American Petroleum Institute www.api.org