Tuesday, June 05, 2007

Michigan’s ban on late-term abortion unconstitutional, federal appeals court rules
June 4, 2007
By DAWSON BELL
FREE PRESS LANSING BUREAU

LANSING — A Michigan law enacted by petition drive in 2004 to ban some late-term abortions was declared unconstitutional today by the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Although intended to prohibit the procedure commonly called partial-birth abortion by abortion foes, the Michigan law is more sweeping than a partial-birth abortion ban passed by Congress and upheld in April by the U.S. Supreme Court, the appeals court ruled.

The appeals court found that Michigan's Legal Birth Definition Act could apply to abortions using other methods earlier in pregnancy and places an “undue burden” on a woman’s right to choose abortion. The appeals panel affirmed a Detroit district judge’s opinion.
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