Supreme Court Agrees to Review Federal Abortion Ban NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota Urges Court to Protect Women's Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2006 St. Paul-Robynne Curlee, Executive Director of Programs and Public Affairs of NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota released the following statement in response to today’s decision by the Supreme Court to hear a challenge to the Federal Abortion Ban. “The Supreme Court’s decision to hear this case is a stark reminder of how President Bush and his anti-choice congressional allies have politicized the judicial process. The Court struck down an identical law as unconstitutional in 2000, and every court to hear a challenge to this first-ever federal ban on abortion has declared it unconstitutional. The two main reasons Courts have struck down these bans are: their broad language could ban abortion as early as the 12th week in pregnancy, and they lack exceptions to protect women’s health. Medical groups, including the American college of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, oppose the federal ban. Today’s action means the core principle of protecting women’s health as guaranteed by Roe v. Wade is in clear and present danger The threat pro-choice Americans feared has come to fruition: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor cast decisive votes to protect a woman’s right to choose for two decades, and just three weeks after Justice Samuel Alito replaced her, the Court has signaled its intent to reverse course by hearing challenges that are aimed at eliminating vital protections for women’s health.” Contact: Robynne Curlee, 651-302-7655 ###
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