Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Abortion Procedure
By DAVID STOUT
Published: April 18, 2007
WASHINGTON, April 18 — The Supreme Court narrowly upheld a federal law today banning a controversial abortion procedure, giving the anti-abortion movement one of its biggest legal victories in year
The justices ruled, 5 to 4, that a law passed by Congress in 2003 and signed by President Bush does not violate the Constitution by imposing an undue burden on a woman’s right to end a pregnancy. The majority said its ruling reflects the government’s "legitimate, substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life."
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Planned Parenthood had a few things to day about this.
Nagdabbit! The War on Women has begun once again. And this time Mom is too old to join the marches. I may have to do it for her.
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