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** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY ** MEDIA ADVISORY **

This week’s edition of the PBS newsmagazine program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY (distributed Friday, March 17 at 5 p.m., check local listings) will feature the following reports:

* Cover Story: "Refusal to Treat" — Lucky Severson explores the growing controversy over the push to expand states’ “conscience clauses” to include pharmacists who oppose dispensing medication or providing services they find morally objectionable. (Rebroadcast from June 3, 2005)

Web link: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week840/cover.html

* Feature: "The Bone Hunters" — Saul Gonzalez reports on how the investigative search by forensic anthropologists for victims in Guatemala’s one-time killing fields is helping the city confront the human costs of the country’s 36-year-long civil war. (Rebroadcast from July 22, 2005)

Web link: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week847/cover.html

* Belief and Practice: “Roadside Crosses” — Professor Bob Bednar from Southwestern University discusses the religious significance and symbolism of roadside crosses as sacred sites commemorating the dead. (Rebroadcast from February 25, 2005)

Web link: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week847/cover.html

To request a transcript of any of these reports, send an e-mail to schultzm@religionethics.org or use the Web links listed above to access the transcripts and streaming video of each segment.

For information, contact:
Mary Schultz
Director of Communications
Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly
202-216-2394
schultzm@religionethics.org


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