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Supreme Court Re-Enters Abortion Debate
Justices Agree to Hear Appeal on Parental Notification Law
By HOPE YEN, AP
AP
The Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case in the fall.
WASHINGTON (May 23) - The Supreme Court said Monday it would take up a new abortion case this fall, raising the political stakes just as the court faces the possibility of replacing ailing Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist.
The justices, in agreeing to review a parental notification law from New Hampshire, showed surprising zeal to take on a divisive subject - especially considering the uncertainty of the court's future and the partisan fighting in the Senate over President Bush's nominees for federal judgeships.
The last major Supreme Court abortion case splintered the justices 5-4. A similar split could occur again, with or without Rehnquist, with additional drama outside the court.
''It is a bold step to take the case, bold in a political sense,'' said Douglas Kmiec, a constitutional law professor at Pepperdine University. ''
It may well be the court's way of reminding the president there's a lot at stake in a Supreme Court vacancy.''<snip>
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