White_Male_Canada
04-19-2007, 12:47 AM
WASHINGTON, April 18 — The Supreme Court narrowly upheld a federal law today banning a controversial abortion procedure, giving the anti-abortion movement one of its biggest legal victories in years.
The justices ruled, 5 to 4, that a law passed by Congress in 2003 and signed by President Bush does not violate the Constitution by imposing an undue burden on a woman’s right to end a pregnancy. The majority said its ruling reflects the government’s “legitimate, substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life.”
“The act, on its face, is not void for vagueness and does not impose an undue burden from any overbreadth,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the court, rejecting key arguments of the law’s opponents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/us/18cnd-scotus.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/05-380_All.pdf
The justices ruled, 5 to 4, that a law passed by Congress in 2003 and signed by President Bush does not violate the Constitution by imposing an undue burden on a woman’s right to end a pregnancy. The majority said its ruling reflects the government’s “legitimate, substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life.”
“The act, on its face, is not void for vagueness and does not impose an undue burden from any overbreadth,” Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the court, rejecting key arguments of the law’s opponents.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/us/18cnd-scotus.html?_r=2&hp=&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin
http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/05-380_All.pdf