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"Supreme Court, April 18, 2007
The Supreme Court..upheld a federal law today [We.18Apr07] banning a controversial abortion procedure...
The justices ruled, 5 to 4, that a law passed by Congress in 2003 and signed by President Bush does not violate the Constitution by imposing an undue burden on a woman's right to end a pregnancy. The majority said its ruling reflects the governments legitimate, substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life.
The act, on its face, is not void for vagueness and does not impose an undue burden from any overbreadth [over breadth], Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote for the court, rejecting key arguments of the laws opponents.
The majority upheld the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, whose very name can set off heated debate. The procedure addressed is known medically as intact dilation and evacuation or D and X, short for dilation and extraction. It involves partly removing an intact fetus [live baby], then destroying the skull to complete the abortion [kill the child.]
(quote: David Stout, CNN, Published: Washington, April 18, 2007)
Supreme Court Upholds Ban On Partial Birth Abortion
The Opinion:
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Syllabus
GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. CARHART ET AL.
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
No. 05 380. Argued November 8, 2006--Decided April 18, 2007
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