Federal Judge in N.Y. Is Second to Block New Abortion Law | NY Times

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Federal Judge in N.Y. Is Second to Block New Abortion Law
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: November 6, 2003


Filed at 2:40 p.m. ET

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a ruling that could have coast-to-coast effect, a federal judge Thursday blocked the government's new ban on certain late-term abortions -- the second court victory for abortion-rights advocates since President Bush signed the law.

U.S. District Judge Richard Casey granted a request by the National Abortion Federation and seven doctors to block enforcement of the ban.

The ruling applies only to the plaintiffs, but it could have broad application. The federation says that its members perform half of the abortions done nationwide.

The decision follows a separate ruling Wednesday by a federal judge in Nebraska who also blocked the ban -- less than an hour after Bush enacted the law. That ruling covers four doctors, who together are licensed in 13 states across the Midwest and East, and their staffs. A San Francisco judge has also scheduled arguments in a similar challenge.

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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. This is going to end in the USSC

And chances are it will be struck down...

[Malva Zebrina]

3. Yes

I understand that the SC ruling in Stenberg v. Carhart, challenging the Nebraska statute banning the procedure, involves almost the exact same mandate as this law Bush just signed. It was voted down 5-4 in the Nebraska case. I think if the SC does accept this case, which they may very well not, it will be defeated. It will be a great victory for women--I expect that people like Randall Terry will soon have to just insist on this to their wives and slink away from trying to force it on all American women and his wife may not even listen to him.

[MaineDem]

4. I so agree with you

It will be a great victory. I'm also not sure if the Supremes would take this case. There is still hope.

[MoonAndSun]

2. I am glad to see that the doctors involved in these procedures

are fighting back. We can not let bush* and his rightwing fundies win on this issue. This is only the first step in their master plan to overturn Roe v Wade.

[alapolitical]

5. A victory for womyn's rights in this day and age is rare.