Federal Appeals Court Declares Virginia Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
On Tuesday, a three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., declared a Virginia law banning so-called “partial-birth” abortion unconstitutional, the Washington Post reports. In a 2-1 decision, the panel said the law infringed on a woman’s constitutional right to abortion (Barnes, Washington Post, 5/21).
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Filed under: Abortion on May 22nd, 2008