Posted on 03/27/2019 3:38:24 AM PDT by Libloather
A federal judge struck down a controversial law in North Carolina on Tuesday that banned abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy.
U.S. District Judge William Osteen declared the ban unconstitutional in response to a 2016 lawsuit filed by several abortion rights organizations. Osteen cited other successful lawsuits around the country that have taken down bans on abortions that were based on weeks of pregnancy or gestational events. His decision will allow women in the state to obtain an abortion at any time prior to the viability of a fetus, which Osteen said would need to be determined on a case-by-case basis rather than by an arbitrary timeline.
“The Supreme Court has recognized that, while viability is the point at which the state’s legitimate interest rises to a level that may support an outright ban (with appropriate health exceptions), viability does not occur at a fixed number of weeks after the pregnancy begins but rather is determined individually in each case by a doctor,” the judge wrote in a 48-page decision. “No matter what the state’s legitimate interest in restricting abortion, this interest can never support an outright ban prior to viability.”
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Bush 43 appointee.
That figures.
20 weeks!!!!
My wife was born at I think 24!!
And survived. 52 years ago without all the advances since then!!
Judges who make up rights not specifically enumerated in the US Constitution through the use of tortured reasoning are the true enemies of our Constitutional Republic.
JoMa
A shame his mother wasn’t a believer.
We have to impeach these judges. They are destroying our country.
There is absolutely nothing in the Constitution about abortion rights
Beelzebub has a demon put aside for thee!
Ah yes. George W. Bush, the same putz who gave us Smirking John Roberts, and endless wars.
I've talked with neonatal nurses and they tell me that now 22 weeks is practically a slam dunk on preemie survival these days.
That kind of gullibility and lack of discernment makes Christianity look like a faith of fools to those who are not in Christ. Too many Christians looked to a politician instead of to their Lord and Savior.
Maybe Obama was among other things a chastisement from God upon them.
Well, surely you missed the emanating penumbras....
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Unconstitutional for whom? The baby? Hardly!
Abortion is always unconstitutional for the baby.
So you voted for Gore and Kerry?
There were always choices apart from for the clowns in either major party.
So it’s curious. We have Judges who beleive that people who have never lived here, don’t live here, and are not US Citizens are entitled to the protections of our Constitution but babies in the uterus who have never lived anywhere else are not?
Yeah. And Bush said there are many paths to God. Also he said Islam is a religion of peace. A complete fake Christian.
The judge has committed another act of genocidal murder, a crime against humanity, and treason.
Hey Judgey. Show us where murdering babies is cover in your version of the Constitution. Show us!
Insanity.
In one room a mom delivers a premie at 20 weeks and the hospital throws everything they have at it to keep it alive.
In another room a mom delivers an “abortus” at 20 weeks, and they murder it....
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