White House Sides With N.H. on Abortion

[Rose Siding]

WASHINGTON Aug 8, 2005 — The Bush administration jumped into the legal dispute over a New Hampshire abortion law Monday, arguing that the outcome could affect a final ruling on a federal abortion law that has been struck down by three courts.

In a legal brief filed with the Supreme Court, the Justice Department said New Hampshire's parental notification law for minors seeking abortion does not violate the Constitution, and urged justices to uphold it.

The court decided in May to review the 2003 New Hampshire law. An appeals court ruled it was unconstitutional because it didn't provide an exception to protect the minor's health in the event of a medical emergency.

The court's decision "may have direct relevance to the government's defense of the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act," Solicitor General Paul D. Clement wrote in a friend-of-the-court brief.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=1020421&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

[stepnw1f]

1. Yeah...Well New Hampshire Doesn't Give a F*

You know why... cuz ya insulted us "Northeasterners"... among other better reasons. Nice try asshole!

[rodeodance]

2. jr is on vacation but live goes in this administration!!

[stepnw1f]

3. ?

[atommom]

4. For crying out loud, what business does the WH have doing this?

So many issues go unaddressed, but GW can still find time to endorse "intelligent design" and stick his nose in other places where it doesn't belong. Is his base ever going to notice that he's just throwing them the occasional bone, and not actually doing his job?

[sakabatou]

5. The WH wants to protect life by killing civilians around the world

[Voltaire99]

7. GOP pols have been promising anti-abortion measures for years

And they cleverly understand that the anti-abortion movement is a sentimental one, fed as much by symbolism as by the airy results of their long campaign.

Throw those dogs a bone, and they sit up and vote for you.

[VegasWolf]

6. The WH wants to protect oil, err "life", by killing innocent Iraqis! nt