Justices Hear Partial-Birth Abortion Case; Method at Issue;Anti- Abortion Protester Disrupts Supreme Court

The Columbian › November 15, 2006

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WASHINGTON -- The graphic details of a disputed abortion procedure filled the Supreme Court on Wednesday as justices voiced concern with a federal ban on that operation.

Justices brought up uncomfortable images in sharp questions to lawyers on both sides. The issue: whether Congress was within its rights when it banned a procedure opponents call partial-birth abortion, for which there is little hard data and much disagreement.

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Justices Hear Partial-Birth Abortion Case; Method at Issue;Anti- Abortion Protester Disrupts Supreme Court

"Wouldn't the fetus ... suffer a demise in seconds anyway?" Justice John Paul Stevens asked, focusing on the law's ban on...

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