Abortion war reignites; though limited in its range, the latest court attack threatens 'Roe.'(Stenberg v. Carhart)

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Stenberg v. Carhart, a challenge to partial birth abortions, is the first abortion case to come before the Supreme Court since 1992, and the earlier cases all involved a woman state attempts to regulate how a her decisiojn

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Abortion war reignites; though limited in its range, the latest court attack threatens 'Roe.'

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Stenberg v. Casey will mark the first hearing of the abortion issue in the Supreme Court since the landmark Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey in 1992. Stenberg is a challenge to a Nebraska law barring the use of a particular abortion method, not a case involving state attempts to regulate a woman's decision to have an abortion as were the other cases since the 1973 Roe ruling.

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25 years of 'Roe v. Wade;' Supreme Court's 'undue burden' test changes the rules of abortion battles

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The article discusses the change Roe v. Wade's ruling regarding the legality of abortion as well as its undue burden test has wrought in abortion nationwide and the court battles for pro- and anti-abortion rights lawyers which continue. 1992's Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey was the most important Supreme Court abortion ruling after Roe and is also discussed.

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