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didntvote4shrub Donating Member (113 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 04:38 PM
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Partial Birth Abortion Ban Declared Unconstitutional
SAN FRANCISCO - In a ruling with coast-to-coast effect, a federal judge declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Tuesday, saying it infringes on a woman's right to choose.

U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton's ruling came in one of three lawsuits challenging the legislation President Bush (news - web sites) signed last year.


She agreed with abortion rights activists that a woman's right to choose is paramount, and that is therefore "irrelevant" whether a fetus suffers pain, as abortion foes contend.


"The act poses an undue burden on a woman's right to choose an abortion," the judge wrote.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=2&u=/ap/20040601/ap_on_re_us/abortion_lawsuits
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 04:40 PM
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1. Dupe
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jdj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 04:45 PM
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2. One more campaign ad photo bites the dust.
They are so concerned about fetal pain, yet they just roadblocked otc sales of plan B.

They need to work to get the fetuses a shot of fentanyl if they really are truly concerned about this. After all, these are the folks who still have yet to find Rilya Wilson.
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 04:48 PM
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3. Activist judges! Activist judges!
The ruling will be used to rally the base.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 04:52 PM
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4. Don't you wish they would stop making laws?????????
:nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

The right would like to impose laws, but it ain't gonna happen.
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AndyTiedye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 06:48 PM
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5. It Would be Nice if they would Obey some of the Existing Ones
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-01-04 08:32 PM
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6. Duplicate topic, please add your link and discuss here, thanks
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=595011
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