Chicago debates foie gras ban

In the city once known as the world’s slaughterhouse, restaurants, politicians and animal rights activists are exercised over a goose liver delicacy.

A proposed ban on foie gras has divided Chicago’s fine restaurants and stirred a two-pronged debate: whether it is humane to force-feed geese and ducks to plump up their livers, and whether politicians should be telling diners what they can and cannot eat.