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  • Title: Supreme Court upholds abortion rights. Decision underscores "partial-birth" ruse.
    Author: Farmer A.
    Journal: Reprod Freedom News; 2000; 9(7):1, 4. PubMed ID: 12322632.
    Abstract:
    On June 28, 2000, the US Supreme Court issued a decision that rejects Nebraska's ban on "partial-birth abortions." The decision affirmed that this abortion ban, and others like it, are extreme, deceptive and unconstitutional violations of the landmark decision that guaranteed women the liberty to choose abortion 27 years ago. While proponents of the Nebraska statute had attempted to convince the Court that the law only covered a particular abortion procedure known as dilation and extraction (D&X), the majority of judges agreed that the statute was written so broadly, it would affect other abortion procedures as well. Pro-choice organizations are elated by the decision; however, there are still some causes for concern. It is stated that while the Court's decision is a victory for women's rights to choose abortion, it also demonstrates how fragile this right is, as shown in the 5-4 decision. Still, even with only a small margin, this court decision will have immediate effect on rendering all similar statutes unconstitutional.
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