Saturday, April 19, 2014
Federal judge overturns the most restrictive abortion law in the country.
A US federal judge has overthrown a North Dakota law banning abortion after the foetus' heartbeat can be detected, as early as six weeks in some cases.
District Judge Daniel Hovland found the law "invalid and unconstitutional" on Wednesday.
The North Dakota abortion law was considered the most restrictive in the nation.
The state attorney general has not yet announced whether he plans to appeal against the decision.
"The United States Supreme Court has spoken and has unequivocally said no state may deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at a point prior to viability," Judge Hovland wrote in his ruling.
If this law had been allowed to stand it would have essentially outlawed abortions after only eight weeks. That means that many women would lose the option before they even realized they were pregnant.
It is pretty clear that these attacks on woman's right to choose are going to keep on coming until the anti-abortion crowd can get a court case all the way to the Supreme Court.
I believe they feel that if they can get it to the highest court in the land that the Justices will either dramatically undermine Roe vs Wade, or do away with it all together.
I wish I could have confidence that they are wrong in that assessment.
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