Thursday, September 09, 2004


Yahoo! News Full Coverage - U.S. - 3rd Federal Judge Finds Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
(AP) - A third federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act is unconstitutional, saying it fails to include an exception when a woman's health is in danger. U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf in Lincoln said that Congress ignored the most experienced doctors in determining that the banned procedure would never be necessary -- a finding he called "unreasonable." "According to responsible medical opinion, there are times when the banned procedure is medically necessary to preserve the health of a woman and a respectful reading of the congressional record proves that point," Kopf wrote. "No reasonable and unbiased person could come to a different conclusion."

Thank God for the activist judges.