The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision last week said that the state of Ohio may constitutionally ban partial-birth abortions including cases where the procedure is sought for negligible or transient “health” reasons.
“Abortionists admit that partial-birth abortions are usually done on healthy women with healthy pregnancies,” said Cathy Cleaver Ruse, spokeswoman for the bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities. “The 6th Circuit has given its stamp of approval to Ohio’s effort to rein in this extreme and careless practice.”
In November, President George Bush signed into law a ban on partial-birth abortions. The law is being challenged in federal courts. The new federal law against the procedure contains an exception for danger to the mother’s life as well as extensive data as to why partial-birth abortion is never necessary to preserve or protect a woman’s health.
