Court upholds federal abortion ban

SCOTUSblog by Lyle Denniston | Apr. 18, 2007 (Opinion)

Dividing 5-4, the Supreme Court on Wednesday gave a sweeping -- and only barely qualified -- victory to the federal government and to other opponents of abortion, upholding the 2003 law that banned what are often called "partial-birth abortions." Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Health
Topics: U.S. Supreme Court, Abortion
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Apr 18, 2007 - 8:32 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Dale Penn (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Fabrice Florin (review), Jami Dwyer (review)
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Edited by: Kaizar Campwala - Apr 18, 2007 - 8:34 AM PDT

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

A thorough, though slightly wordy, recount of the SCOTUS ruling on the partial birth abortion ban.

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Dale Penn
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 by Dale Penn - Oct. 1, 2008
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Jami Dwyer
2.3
 by Jami Dwyer - Oct. 1, 2008

Uncritically accepts Republican Justices' claims that another method exists to protect a woman's health. What is this method? Leaves out a shocking quote in the majority opinion that dismisses women's health as beneath consideration.

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