Top court to decide second abortion law case

[Eugene]

Top court to decide second abortion law case
Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:10am ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would expand its
review of a federal law banning some abortion procedures and would decide a California
case on whether the law was too vague and imposed a burden on women.

The justices in February agreed to rule on a Nebraska case on whether the Partial-Birth
Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is unconstitutional because it lacks an exception to protect
the health of a pregnant woman.

The California case involved additional issues on whether the law imposed an undue burden
on a woman's right to seek an abortion and whether it is unconstitutionally vague. A U.S.
appeals court declared the law unconstitutional and upheld an injunction barring its
enforcement.

Both cases will be decided in the upcoming term that begins in October. The law represents
the first nationwide ban on an abortion procedure since the Supreme Court's landmark 1973
ruling that women have a constitutional right to abortion.

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Full article: http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-06-19T140956Z_01_N13435477_RTRUKOC_0_US-COURT-ABORTION.xml

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. And the first step towards theocracy is taken. n/t

[joldnir]

2. This is not good.

The only time that the Supreme Court will hear the case is if it disagreed with the decision of the lower court. A U.S. appeals court ruled it to be unconstitutional and if the SC agreed with the ruling they would have refused to hear it. By refusing to hear any case brought before the SC, they let the lower court's ruling stand and be the law of the land.

But does it really surprise any of here?

[Demeter]

3. Oh, Joy

There's a rush on completing the dirty jobs before the deluge washes the Legislature clean, and we go after the Executive and Judicial branches.

[Lars39]

4. I'd like to be the first to say

fuck you to those who didn't think Roberts and Alito was a big deal and that a woman's right to an abortion was just a wedge issue.

[redqueen]

6. let's keep our powder dry!

:puke:

[Lars39]

5. .

[Lars39]

7. .

:kick:

[Charlie Brown]

8. Don't the conservatives claim abortion is a state issue?

How can they support a federal law on the issue?