Supreme Court won't hear state abortion dispute

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Supreme Court won't hear state abortion dispute

"WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an attempt by Michigan and an anti-abortion group to revive the state's law banning the procedure opponents call partial-birth abortion.

Abortion foes said they would revisit the issue in Lansing this year and hoped to advance legislation mirroring the federal ban on the procedure that was signed into law by President Bush in 2003.

"There will be a strong bipartisan support in both chambers to clear the bills," said Ed Rivet, legislative director for Right to Life of Michigan. "If there's any question, it will be what the governor might decide to do with the bill."

The justices did not comment on their decision to let stand a ruling in June by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. The appeals court said the law is unconstitutional because it also could prohibit other abortion procedures."
http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/01/supreme_court_wont_hear_state.html

This is a bit convoluted, from what I'm reading, did the forced birthers try to the so-called "partial birth" (GOD I hate that term. Makes me want to post pictures of hydatidiform mole pregnancies)federal abortion ban to stop all abortion in Michigan? It certainly looks like they tried.