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Many in the pro-choice camp are decked in sackcloth and ash this week, mourning the Supreme Court??s recent decision in Gonzales v. Carhart, which upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion...
...fair examination of the Court??s stance reveals it to be a modest one, which overturns no precedents, poses no threat to Roe, and will have minimal effects on abortion practices in the United States...
...Supreme Court??s five-to-four ruling on the intact dilation and extraction method of abortion on Wednesday was hardly unexpected, given its shifting ideological balance. Nevertheless, the decision to uphold the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act marked many unfortunate firsts for the new Roberts Court. At best, this reversal of precedent is worrisome, poaching abortion rights today; at worst, it is simply wrong—the first step toward completely denying a woman’s right to choose tomorrow...
...abortion method or barred a specific medical procedure. Despite being couched in the language of decisions past, the ruling in fact ignores the spirit of decades of precedent in order to set its own, dangerous, one. From here, there can be no question of the court??s intended direction, succinctly, albeit chillingly, put by the author of the majority opinion, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy: “The act expresses respect for the dignity of human life.” [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
Meanwhile, the court??s decision, with its virtual blanket ban that glibly dismisses the value of a woman’s health, stands to put women in danger today. Despite the ignorant claims of the court??s majority, intact dilation and extraction can rescue women from grave medical situations. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists supports the procedure as necessary at times and safest for late-term abortions. As upheld, the law only provides an exception when the woman’s life is at risk, denying doctors the broad discretion they must have...