World News Tonight (ABC) - 2006-01-17
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[0:05] I'm Bob Woodruff.
[0:06] >> And I'm Elizabeth Vargas. Tonight, the
[0:08] Supreme Court upholds Oregon's doctorass
[0:10] assisted suicide law.
[0:12] >> The high court says it's up to the state
[0:14] and more states could follow. Spy suits.
[0:17] Two major civil rights groups sued to
[0:19] shut down the Bush administration's
[0:21] secret eavesdropping program.
[0:24] After Katrina, a new storm. The mayor
[0:26] who said God intended his city to be
[0:28] black. We'll take a closer look at race
[0:31] in New Orleans.
[0:33] Drugs and gender, the new evidence that
[0:35] common medications have very different
[0:37] effects on men and women.
[0:40] And lost and found, the mystery of a
[0:42] classic Corvette stolen in 1969 is
[0:45] solved. 37 years later, the owner gets
[0:48] it back.
[0:51] From ABC News,
[0:54] this is World News Tonight with Bob
[0:57] Woodruff and Elizabeth Vargas.
[1:01] >> Good evening. We begin with a Supreme
[1:03] Court ruling that will affect families
[1:05] in some of the most private moments.
[1:07] Today, the high court upheld Oregon's
[1:09] doctorass assisted suicide law,
[1:11] rejecting a challenge from the Bush
[1:13] administration. There is disappointment
[1:16] in the White House tonight, but the
[1:17] fight is not over. Americans are sharply
[1:20] divided over whether doctors should be
[1:22] allowed to help end lives. A recent
[1:25] survey found 46% in favor of physician
[1:28] assisted suicide, 45% opposed. ABC's
[1:33] Lisa Stark joins us now from the Supreme
[1:34] Court with today's developments. Lisa?
[1:37] Well, Elizabeth, this case was not about
[1:39] the merits of physician assisted
[1:40] suicide, but about the power of the
[1:42] federal government over the states. The
[1:44] fight began back in 2001 when