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Article: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Nebraska Law Banning Partial-Birth Abortions.
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- National Right to Life News
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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The United States Supreme Court has agreed to review Stenberg v. Carhart, the lawsuit brought by abortionist LeRoy Carhart, that successfully challenged Nebraska's ban on partial-birth abortion. Carhart prevailed at both the trial court and a three-member panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals, which found the 1998 statute unconstitutional. (See related story, page 25.)
However, the High Court has not yet determined whether to review a contrary decision rendered by the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld Illinois's and Wisconsin's laws banning partial-birth abortions.
As evidenced by the time frame, the Supreme Court has expedited the Stenberg ...