The procedure we call partial-birth abortion is something I could never understand because the woman was far enough along to deliver the baby partially vaginally and then the baby’s head would be punctured and the baby would die.

The Supreme Court has upheld the ban on partial-birth abortions.

The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long- awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench.

The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion.

The opponents of the act “have not demonstrated that the Act would be unconstitutional in a large fraction of relevant cases,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote in the majority opinion.

The decision pitted the court’s conservatives against its liberals, with President Bush’s two appointees, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito, siding with the majority.

Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia also were in the majority.

It was the first time the court banned a specific procedure in a case over how—not whether—to perform an abortion.

Abortion rights groups have said the procedure sometimes is the safest for a woman. They also said that such a ruling could threaten most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, although government lawyers and others who favor the ban said there are alternate, more widely used procedures that remain legal.

The outcome is likely to spur efforts at the state level to place more restrictions on abortions.

More than 1 million abortions are performed in the United States each year, according to recent statistics. Nearly 90 percent of those occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and are not affected by Tuesday’s ruling

“More than 1 million abortions are performed each year in the United States…”

Can any logical person actually present an argument that these abortions are all medically necessary and not just a means of birth control?

Written by ~J~

2 Responses to “Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Partial Birth Abortion”

1. Tonto says:

   April 18, 2007 at 11:53 am

   I say, it’s about time. There shouldn’t be any place for this barbaric procedure in today’s world.
2. smh10 says:

   April 18, 2007 at 5:18 pm

   This is one of the best decisions the Supreme Court has handed down in quite a while. I cannot imagine any doctor perfoming this procedure. The mere thought gives me chills.