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Framers of Louisiana's bill hope it can provide the test case that will prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. But Louisiana's law is competing for that distinction against existing laws in three other jurisdictions...
...federal appeals process. Last year a federal district court struck down provisions requiring a 24-hour waiting period, notification of the husband, and a state- sanctioned lecture from a doctor about the pros and cons of abortion. But the Pennsylvania law may not be the ideal test case for Roe. Reason: it focuses on procedural stumbling blocks to abortion rather than decreeing an outright ban, and could thus allow the court to skirt the constitutional issues...
...Rust, more unmarried, young and sick women will give birth, and, predictably, more babies will die. A review of the most respected medical literature by Barbara Starfield concluded that reduced access to family planning is the second most important contributor to infant death in the first month. (Before Roe v. Wade, it was the first...
While the ruling does not directly threaten the fundamental right to an abortion granted under the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the court divided over the practical consequences for the 4 million women who rely on Title X ) funding. In his majority opinion, Chief Justice William Rehnquist contended that the ban on abortion counseling leaves a woman "in no different position than she would have been if the government had not enacted Title X." Blackmun, who had penned the Roe decision, differed sharply, pointing to the 1988 regulation that requires clinic staff members to answer all abortion inquiries with...
...preclude professional speech." Yet last week Souter concurred in a majority opinion based on that very reasoning. Since the ruling did not directly address the question of a woman's right to an abortion, it does not accurately presage how Souter will tilt in any future challenge to Roe. Still, anti-abortion advocates feel they have found a friend in Souter. "We are delighted that President Bush's first appointee voted with the majority," said Douglas Johnson, of the National Right to Life Committee. Pro-choice advocates regard last week's holding in Rust as an ominous harbinger of decisions...