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...posed to write a new chapter in the history of reproductive law. Most of the abortion-related decisions since Roe v. Wade have been concerned with the process surrounding abortions--state rules requiring parental consent, spousal notice, waiting periods, information, record keeping--and not the abortion procedures themselves. However, Stenberg v. Carhart, argued last Tuesday before the court, gives the justices an opportunity to clarify the constitutionality of bans on certain abortion procedures, specifically so-called "partial-birth abortions." In the past five years, 30 states have enacted bans on partial-birth abortions, 18 of which have been blocked...
Nebraska attorney general Don Stenberg, who is the leading G.O.P. contender for the state's open Senate seat, says Nebraskans think partial-birth abortion is "barbaric." And in most polls on the issue, a majority of Americans say they would favor making it illegal. Congress has marched in step, passing partial-birth bans by overwhelming margins, though not quite enough to override President Clinton's vetoes. But abortion-rights supporters say a better measure of public opinion is the vote in the three states where the issue has been on the ballot and voters have become more informed...