When the Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on "partial-birth" abortions in April, critics sounded the alarm that women would be harmed, physicians would be jailed, and state legislators would be energized to pass similar laws. Six months later, it appears those fears have not come true. An important new measure of the impact of Gonzales comes this week, when the 4th Circuit re-evaluates Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban, possibly the strictest ban in the nation, in light of Gonzales .
October 29, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When the Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on “partial-birth” abortions in April, critics sounded the alarm that women would be harmed, physicians would be jailed, and state legislators would be energized to pass similar laws.
Six months later, it appears that those fears have not come true, with no prosecutions on the federal or state level, little legislative action, and quiet adjustments in abortion procedures that have so far kept doctors on the safe side of the law.
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