FORUM: Stakes are high as U.S. Supreme Court takes on abortion case

• Published in: New Haven register (New Haven, Conn. : 1961)
• Main Author: Meyer, Jeffrey A
• Format: Newspaper Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Haven, Conn New Haven Register 05.03.2006

When Congress enacted the federal ban on partial-birth abortion, it allowed an exception only for the life of the mother and not for the health of the mother. Why? Because Congress concluded that a partial-birth abortion was never necessary to protect the general health of a mother. Six years ago th...