Saturday, July 14, 2007

Louisiana bans 'partial-birth' abortion

"Louisiana became the first American state Friday to outlaw a controversial abortion procedure that involves partially removing the fetus intact from a woman's uterus, then crushing or cutting its skull to complete the abortion.

The new law allows the procedure in only one situation at any time during pregnancy: when failure to perform it would endanger the mother's life. The procedure would be a crime in all other cases, even if the pregnancy is expected to cause health problems for the mother."

It looks like anti-abortion proponents have learned how to read SCOTUS opinions and are tailoring their laws to conform with new post-Roe precedent.

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