Judge: Bush Abortion Ban Unconstitutional

[villager]

Judge: Bush Abortion Ban Unconstitutional

By DAVID KRAVETS
Associated Press Writer


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal judge Tuesday declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, saying the measure infringes on a woman's right to choose.

The ruling applies to the nation's 900 or so Planned Parenthood clinics and their doctors, who perform roughly half of all abortions in the United States.

U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton's ruling came in one of three lawsuits challenging the legislation President Bush signed last year.

"The act poses an undue burden on a woman's right to choose an abortion," she wrote.

Federal judges in New York and Nebraska also heard challenges to the law earlier this year but have yet to rule.

Planned Parenthood lawyer Beth Parker welcomed the ruling, saying it sends a "strong message" to Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Bush administration "that the government should not be intruding on very sensitive and private medical decisions."

Government attorneys did not immediately return calls for comment.

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[CO Liberal]

1. When Are They Gonna Declare BUSH Unconstitutional????

:shrug:

[stopbush]

2. No, but they may declare Judge Hamilton an enemy combatant! n/t

[villager]

3. hopefully before Bush gets around...

...to declaring the rest of the Constitution "unAmerican..."

[Vladimir]

4. YES!

:bounce: :headbang: :bounce: :headbang:

[shadu]

5. and more YES!

[davidinalameda]

6. thank goodness

another strike for keeping the government out a woman's womb

[villager]

7. yes, until...

...it's overruled by a higher level conservative, or this judicial curcuit is broken up by offended Repukes for not doing the "will of the leader --er... people..."

[Zen]

8. If it wasn't for conservatives, how would we know how miserable and rotten

humans can be to each other. They are the perfect example of "bad" and "miserable" and "viscious" and "angry" and "bloodthirsty" and "imperialist" and "fascist" - I'll stop there. They were put here on earth to make sure societies don't progress to fast (actually this is a valid function). Too bad they are also miserable rotten grouchy loosers!

[Heddi]

9. dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x595011

[Moderator]

10. Duplicate, please discuss here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x595011