Louie Saenz talks with author Alice Dregor, author of GALILEO'S MIDDLE FINGER: Heretics, Activists, and the Search for Justice in Science. Dreger is an author and professor of clinical medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Her book explores the clashes between scientists and social justice activists when it comes to controversial subjects, such as the treatment of people born intersex (once called hermaphrodites).
Aired September 12 & 13, 2015.