Court Avoids Abortion Issue in N.H. Case
Jan 19 2006
By GINA HOLLAND Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON

The Supreme Court gave New Hampshire a chance to salvage its restrictions on abortion Wednesday, sidestepping for now an emotional subject that is likely to be revisited when a new justice joins the court.

New Hampshire's victory may be short-lived because the justices ordered a lower court to consider how to fix problems with the 2003 law requiring a parent to be told before a minor daughter ends her pregnancy. Story