Anti-Abortion Regulations on the Rise

[The Straight Story]

Anti-Abortion Regulations on the Rise

When the Supreme Court addresses the constitutionality of abortion it is bound to have dramatic repercussions.

Such is the case with the court’s 2007 decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, which upheld the federal ban on partial-birth abortions and has given rise to many new state laws restricting abortions, according to an article today in the Washington Post.

In his majority opinion in Gonzales, Anthony Kennedy affirmed a woman’s right to an abortion pre-viability but wrote that the “government has a legitimate and substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life.”

The ruling provided legal cover for a Nebraska law that went into effect earlier this year and bans abortion after 20 weeks, the Post reports. It is the first state law banning abortions so early in a pregnancy, without exception for the health of the mother.



http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2010/12/28/anti-abortion-regulations-on-the-rise/

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I cringed when I read the Webster decision in 1989 and Casey in 1992.

I could see that the long term plan was to eviscerate the right to an abortion by incremental state regulation.

Webster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webster_v._Reproductive_Health_Services

Casey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_v._Casey

[tigereye]

2. lord, it never ends - thank god for Planned Parenthood

and NARAL. :banghead:

[left coaster]

3. Thanks for posting a link to this story.. I very much appreciate it!

..though you should have put a reference to Michael Vick in the title if you wanted anyone to notice or respond.. yes, I'm being sarcastic..