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From:
Rutherfords <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date:
29 October 1999 03:46
Subject: Court may face division on
abortion
Court may face division on abortion
WASHINGTON (AP) - State efforts to ban some
late-term abortions could force the Supreme Court to confront divisive
issues it has avoided since 1992 when it reaffirmed women's basic right to
end their pregnancies. A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld Illinois and
Wisconsin laws that ban a procedure labeled "partial birth
abortion" by abortion opponents. "We conclude that both laws can
be enforced in a constitutional manner," the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals said in its 5-4 ruling. A month earlier, another federal appeals
court threw out similar laws in Nebraska, Arkansas and Iowa. Abortion has
been one of the nation's most hotly disputed issues since the justices
legalized abortion in 1973 in a decision called Roe vs. Wade. See full
story
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