Supreme Court Dodges Big Abortion Ruling

[Daftly]

By GINA HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060118/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_abortion_4

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"WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Wednesday that a lower court was wrong to strike down New Hampshire abortion restrictions, steering clear of a major ruling on whether such laws place an undue burden on women.

The opinion was written by retiring Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor, a key swing voter at the court on abortion rights....

The court had been asked to consider whether the 2003 law put an "undue burden" on a woman in choosing to end a pregnancy. O'Connor is an architect of the undue burden standard, and was the deciding vote in the last abortion case five years ago, when the justices ruled that a Nebraska law banning a type of late-term abortion was too burdensome. That law did not have an exception to protect the mother's health.

Instead, justices did not deal directly with that question."

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I am shocked that this has not been posted yet. I looked around and could not find it on the first 3 pages. It seems DUers would be all over this announcement. This is an unbelievable step back-wards.

[jefferson_dem]

1. Locking.

Duplicate.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=2048769