U.S. drops fight to get abortion records

[The Sushi Bandit]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/27/abortion.records/index.html

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Justice Department has abandoned its controversial effort to obtain abortion records, a move government lawyers said was designed to speed a court decision on the constitutionality of a law banning certain late-term abortions.

Justice Department officials said Tuesday the decision to withdraw a subpoena for medical records from New York Presbyterian Hospital signals they won't appeal rulings in other courts that could delay a decision by a federal judge in New York on the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.

The Justice Department had argued the records were central to claims by the law's challengers that the procedure is medically necessary.

[efhmc]

1. Maybe the March convinced them that women might actually have the

VOTE!!

[powergirl]

2. THE WOMEN'S MARCH SCARED THE BEJEEZUS OUT OF THEM

And it should. Don't mess with the female electorate. They will bury Bush. :evilgrin:

[October]

3. Yes!

[Moderator]

4. duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=513360