The DOG. Bet Beavis and Butt-Head talked him into it.
Posted on 08/26/2004 9:46:04 AM PDT by Spackidagoosh
Thanks...I was looking to see who appointed this guy.
What is a Constitution?
Because the "health exception" includes Mommy being sad because she's having a baby.
The "health exemption" is always used to excuse any abortion at any time. If they can't make up something having to do with physical health, they will argue that it is necessary for the mother's "mental health."
The Pro-Death Party Kills Again.
Kerry the baby killer....a Cambodia Abortion.
Same old crap. When it comes to abortion, the devil is having a field day.
If an exception was part of the law, then a practitioner would be the one deciding if the criteria were met for an exception. Since there are no know reasons for a PBA, the decision would be one based on individual opinion and it would simply be a matter of the pregnant woman finding the practitioner that would do the procedure regardless if the exception was real or not. If someone had a financial incentive to do the procedure they may be inclined to create the clinical indication to do it. If it's challenged in retrospect, it's too late cuz baby is dead.
You bet it does. Bush just stole the Catholic vote away from Kerry. Usually, only 1 out of 4 Christians vote. This should get them out the door even more than homosexual "marriage."
Anyway, these judges are dictators. They don't belong on the bench. They're disobeying our laws. We don't live in a socialist state or even a democracy. America is a Republic, and these judges are destroying it.
By whom?
Ginsburg?
Breyer?
Kennedy?
O'Connor?
SOUTER?
You sir, are dreaming.
You have a point. It would be up to the states to ban partial birth abortion. I was shooting from the hip here. It's a barbaric procedure and should be banned, but it would be up to the states. It's the same thing as the fed gov trying to pass laws regarding "violence against women" and other such things that they do not have the constitutional authority to do. But, we've gotten to the point where the Constitution means whatever some judge says it means, and the Congress in spite of pledging to uphold and defend the Constition, goes right ahead and ignores it.
"By Associated Press
August 26, 2004, 12:50 PM EDT
NEW YORK -- In a highly anticipated ruling, a federal judge found the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional Thursday because it does not include a health exception.
U.S. District Judge Richard C. Casey in Manhattan said the Supreme Court has made it clear that a law that prohibits the performance of a particular abortion procedure must include an exception to preserve a woman's life and health."
The various death cults have certainly been busy lately :o(
You guys both nailed it and only 11 seconds apart...
I agree
When our government was created, there were also checks and balances created between the legislative, the executive and the judicial branches, so that no branch could have out-of-control power. What some may not know, is that when the judicial branch recklessly exceeds it authority, to promote its own agenda and/or to ignore the will of the people, then the legislative and executive branch have a check and balance against them. This balance is in the form a constitutional amendment to the US Constitution, which the courts cannot declare unconstitutional. I think now it is time for the people to call for and pass a constitutional amendment outlawing partial birth abortions.
Disgusting.
Just once, I would love to see a Federal judge with a libertarian streak overturn a gun control law specifically because it doesn't include an exception to preserve the life and health of a prospective gun owner.
I woulda beat him, too, but I'm typing slow, because I'm still recovering from a nasty bout of stomach flu. :-)
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.