Rep. Souder Joins Action Seeking to Reverse Abortion Ruling

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Indiana Congressman Mark Souder (R-IN03) has joined 26 other Republican congressmen in asking an appeals court to overturn a ruling declaring a federal ban on so-called "partial-birth abortions" unconstitutional.
The House members joined a Justice Department appeal that challenges the recent ruling by a federal judge in Nebraska.

The friend-of-the-court brief was filed in the Eighth US Circuit Court of Appeals in Lincoln, Nebraska, by the American Center for Law and Justice.

In September, US District Judge Richard Kopf ruled that the ban, while containing an exception to save the life of the mother, is unconstitutional because it makes no such exception for the health of the woman. He also said the ban poses an undue burden on a woman's right to an abortion.

Kopf said in his ruling that Congress ignored the most experienced doctors in determining that the banned procedure would never be necessary -- a finding he found "unreasonable."

"According to responsible medical opinion, there are times when the banned procedure is medically necessary to preserve the health of a woman and a respectful reading of the congressional record proves that point," Kopf wrote. "No reasonable and unbiased person could come to a different conclusion."
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[Melodybe]

1. Repubs on our side? Maybe they'll speak up about NFC

[Hobarticus]

2. Not quite...

They want to overturn the ruling that declared the partial birth abortion ban unconstitutional.

[SoCalDem]

3. They need to strike down that misleading "name"

There is no such thing as "partial-birth" abortion..It's a Late-term abortion.. and it's NEVER EVER EVER done except for the MOST EXTREME medical emergency .. If the baby is NOT viable, and remaining pregnant is a danger to the mother, there should be NO impediment to a LT abortion.

As a child, I watched a friend of my parents have to carry a dead baby for almost 3 week, until she went into labor and delivered the dead baby. I never knew why the baby died in-utero, but I can still remember her reaction when people who did not know, asked her.."Aaaw, when's your baby due"?...

Abortion is a matter best left to the woman, her doctor, and her religious counsel (if any)..

[Hobarticus]

5. You are absolutely correct on all counts...

Harper's had an article on the framing of the LTA debate by the right-wingnuts back in the day. By the time anyone spoke up against the terminology and the methodology, the damage was done.

[Liberty Belle]

4. You misunderstood.

The judge declared the partial birth abortion ban unconstitutional becuase it doesn't even allow the procedure when a women's life is at stake.

The Repugs want to overturn that ruling and prevent even a woman whose life is at stake from having a late-term abortion.