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

This week’s edition of the PBS newsmagazine program RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY (distributed Friday, May 12 at 5 p.m., check local listings) will feature the following reports:

* Cover Story: "Abortion Healing" — Mary Alice Williams examines the debate within the religious community over whether women who have undergone abortions are negatively affected — psychologically, emotionally and spiritually.

* Feature: "The Da Vinci Code" — Kim Lawton reports on religious reaction to Dan Brown's blockbuster novel and its upcoming film release, and goes behind-the-scenes of the Opus Dei headquarters in New York for a closer look at the controversial Catholic organization portrayed as the book's chief villain.

To request a transcript of these reports, send an e-mail to schultzm@religionethics.org or go to the program Web site at http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics where the transcript and streaming video of each story will be available after 8:30 p.m. on Friday.

SPECIAL NOTE: Also in this week’s program and on the show Web site, RELIGION & ETHICS NEWSWEEKLY will feature excerpts from a panel at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York last week on religion and Hollywood, moderated by Kim Lawton. The panel, “What Would Jesus Direct?” featured: actor Cuba Gooding, Jr.; producer Ralph Winter; Walden Media president Michael Flaherty; and movie marketing executive Jonathan Bock.

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

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