Judge declares Michigan's abortion law unconstitutional

[Judi Lynn]

Judge declares Michigan's abortion law unconstitutional
September 14, 2005, 10:11 PM


LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A federal judge has declared unconstitutional a Michigan law that supporters said would ban a late-term abortion procedure.

In a ruling dated Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Page Hood in Detroit ruled the Legal Birth Definition Act places an "undue burden" on women's right to choose.

Hood said the law is confusing and vague, and its exceptions for the health or life of a mother are meaningless and unconstitutional.

"The act does not describe any specific procedure to be banned," Hood wrote. "The act also does not distinguish between induced abortion and pregnancy loss."
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http://www.freep.com/news/statewire/sw121323_20050914.htm

[truthisfreedom]

1. good news. these creeps are spectaculary inept at language... they must

read and write at bush's level.

[bdot]

2. ugh.. that sucks.

[RC]

3. What sucks? A womans Right to Choose?

Abortion should not be a political/religious football. The Right to Choose should be a health care issue between a woman and her doctor. You don't like abortions, support birth control and Facts Based Education. No one if forcing any one to have abortions.
You have a problem with people, read Women only, being able to get an abortion, then provide viable alternatives that include child care till 18.

[bdot]

4. Late term should not be legal.

I have a viable alternative. Don't have sex. It works.

[theHandpuppet]

5. Lead by example

But I'm sure you do.

[TahitiNut]

12. Clearly, it's not a "choice" though.

:rofl:

[Roy]

19. N/T... but................

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[ladylibertee]

6. Ya know......

I was born the same year of the ruling on Roe v Wade but like, when I was a teen, I saw this " after school special" "lifetime" sort of movie about a girl , and abortion and how the law got passed.All I can say is this.If Roberts wants to be a jerk and overturn it,then the blood af all those teenage girls who will be using coat hangers and joining extreme intense sports, and throwing themselves down stairs, getting drunk and smoking cigarettes to get rid of the baby, and dies will be on his hand's.

[ladylibertee]

7. Yeah...and where do you buy your TOY's ? Ha Ha Ha

That question is for bdot. :rofl:

[liberalnurse]

8. So, you don't have conjugal sex?

You have to look at the big picture. To ban later term abortion will open the door to ban early term abortions.

[RC]

9. You seem to lack an understanding of the social aspects of Human Animal.

Anthropology of us humans. We are a social species. We need the touch of others to remain fully functional, mentality healthy. Sex is a normal part of the adult. Sex helps bond ourselves to others, to diminish the barrier between self and other. Having sex with a willing partner is not in its self bad, as some would have us believe. This is where the right wings lack of empathy comes into play. Touch is bad, you have to touch during sex, therefore sex is bad.

[OKthatsIT]

10. You're a masochist, at heart.

come on. be realistic, and we just might be able to save this friggin planet from destruction.

[ozymandius]

11. Late term abortion is NEVER a birth control option.

The most egregious aspect of ignorance-based late term abortion laws passed by these fundie legislatures is that they do not address the life of the mother in most cases. Yet this procedure, properly called "dilation and extraction", is performed in order to save the mother's life.

You may want to educate yourself on the subject before making such snap judgements.

[BurgherHoldtheLies]

16. Or the fetus has already died or will die after delivery (anencephaly)

[TahitiNut]

13. Regulating the womb - "Ask the man who owns one."

Sooooo surrealistic! "eyes:

[okieinpain]

14. america 1905, hahahahahahahaha. glad I'm not a female.

[Arugula Latte]

18. Most late terms were planned pregnancies

and something has gone terribly wrong. Your condesceding attitude is really ugly in this situation.

[hippiechick]

15. What concerns me about this ... and the Pledge ruling ...

... is that all these lower court 'toss outs' are going to allow the fundies to appeal --- all the way up to the SCOTUS ... and ta da! guess who's going to be sitting on the SCOTUS in the near future ?

That's right boys and girls ... Fundie Poster Child John Roberts !!


Be :scared: . Be VERY :scared:

[sando]

17. What is it the neocon theocrats say about

Judicially legislating from the bench???? I believe their little projections are showing up again.