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Stateline.org had an article on this little storm cloud on our horizon: Abortion ruling sets new state battle lines.

"Prompted by the U.S. Supreme Court’s approval this month of a federal ban on a medical procedure known as partial-birth abortion, activists on both sides of the abortion battle are aiming their sights at state capitols, where new campaigns already are under way….

". . . 31 states [have] laws similar to the federal Partial Birth Abortion Ban of 2003 just upheld by the Supreme Court. The state laws were blocked by federal courts following an earlier U.S. Supreme Court decision — Stenberg v. Carhart (2000) — that overturned partial-birth abortion bans in Nebraska and other states.

"Because the high court’s latest decision veered away from that ruling, laws in two of the states – Missouri and Virginia – were sent back to appellate courts for reconsideration within days of the Supreme Court decision. Court cases involving bans in Michigan and Utah also could be affected by the court’s ruling, legal experts said."

1 Comments:

 The Senate Site said...

Another helpful exerpt:

"Legal experts on both sides of the debate agree the high court’s April 18 decision — Gonzalez v. Carhart — does not open the door for outright abortion bans. Instead, they say the decision leaves room for more limits on the procedure."

4/30/2007 5:47 PM  

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