Members of Congress File Brief in Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Case
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
May 22, 2006

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A pro-life law firm has filed a brief in the upcoming Supreme Court case on the national ban on partial-birth abortions for 78 members of Congress who supported the bill. The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) delivered the brief to the high court on Monday.

"The Supreme Court has a critical opportunity to step in and draw a bright line that would bring an end to a horrific procedure that can only be described as infanticide," said Jay Sekulow, the law firm's chief counsel.

The Supreme Court has addressed the issue of partial-birth abortion before when it rejected a Nebraska ban on the grisly abortion procedure on a narrow 5-4 ruling. It said the ban was unconstitutional because it lacked a health exception -- even though the three-day long abortion procedure is never necessary to protect a woman's health.

"Congress acted appropriately in crafting the national ban on partial-birth abortion," Sekulow said. "It's also clear that the government has a vital and compelling interest in preventing the spread of the practice of abortion into infanticide." the rest