Parental Notification Laws and Reviewing Supreme Court Nominees

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments regarding New Hampshire's abortion parental notification law today. We talk with Helena Silverstein about similar laws on the books in other states and how they could be affected by the outcome of this case. Helena is Associate Professor of Government and Law at Lafayette College.

We also talk with Portsmouth attorney Steve Tober. He's the chairman of the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary. That title means that he, along with fourteen other attorneys across the nation are responsible for reviewing the qualifications of nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court. We'll talk with him about what exactly the committee does, and what it's like to be the first lawyer from New Hampshire to serve as chair of the committee.