James Chamblee
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Fri Jul 01, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject:
Judge Blocks New S.D. Abortion Law |
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From The Associated Press, 6/30/05:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-abortion-south-dakota,0,
6137946.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Judge Blocks New S.D. Abortion Law
By JOE KAFKA
Associated Press Writer
PIERRE, S.D. --
A federal judge on Thursday blocked a South Dakota abortion law from
taking effect, tentatively ruling that the statute is an
unconstitutional violation of doctors' free speech.
The law would have required abortion doctors, starting Friday, to tell
women that abortion ends the lives of "human beings" and poses medical
and psychological risks.
U.S. District Judge Karen Schreier of Rapid City ruled that Planned
Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota, which sued the
state, has shown it has a good chance of prevailing in court.
"The South Dakota statute requires abortion doctors to enunciate the
state's viewpoint on an unsettled medical, philosophical, theological
and scientific issue, that is, whether a fetus is a human being,"
Schreier wrote in granting a preliminary injunction.
The judge also said the proposed law discourages doctors from
expressing views that contradict the state's message.
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Ya gonna hafta kill that judge, eh, anti-choicers?
Harry
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