Neb. AG won't defend law on abortion screenings

[kpete]

Source: Associated Press

Neb. AG won't defend law on abortion screenings

By TIMBERLY ROSS (AP) – 26 minutes ago

OMAHA, Neb. — Nebraska's attorney general will not defend a new state law requiring health screenings for women seeking abortions because there's little chance the controversial law will prevail in court, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Attorney General Jon Bruning agreed to a permanent federal injunction against enforcement of the law, which faces a challenge from Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, said his spokeswoman Shannon Kingery.

"It is evident from the judge's ruling (to temporarily block the law from taking effect) that LB594 will ultimately be found unconstitutional," she said. "Losing this case would require Nebraska taxpayers to foot the bill for Planned Parenthood's legal fee."

"We will not squander the state's resources on a case that has very little probability of winning."

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. Good for him.

[rasputin1952]

2. Hot Damn! My current state finally got something right...

:woohoo:

Driving the roads around here is like anti-women's rights abound with all of the "choose life your mother did" and "abortionists have their own ring in hell" faded signs on the hi-ways.

Just yesterday I had a discussion w/a local R and he said he was looking at the Tea Party to "get government off the backs of the people, no more poking around in private information". I asked him if women's rights were protected in his view, and, "why put the government in a position to abuse on women", and asked if I can't see your things you consider, why would you allow the government to peer into my, or anyone else's, bedroom?"

He changed the direction of the discussion at that point, and we talked gardening...both of us knew I had made the point that needed to be made...;)