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<p>TAKING AN important medical choice away from women and doctors, the Supreme Court yesterday upheld a federal law banning the procedure known to opponents as partial-birth abortion. Other laws and court decisions have eroded the right to an abortion established by Roe v. Wade, but yesterday's 5-4 ruling is particularly threatening to that right for two reasons: The court approved the 2003 ban even though it does not allow exemptions based on the woman's health, and the court reversed its own earlier ruling on this procedure, suggesting it might be willing to reverse itself on Roe v. Wade as well.</p>

Contact: Alan Moore 703.255.9898 (Washington, D.C.) Congressman Tom Tancredo (R- CO) rejoiced over today’s Supreme Court decision, ending partial birth abortions. In these abortions, usually performed late in a pregnancy, the infant’s skull is crushed and extracted from the womb. Today the Supreme Court put an end to this barbaric practice of infanticide, Tancredo said. One can only hope this is the first step towards ending the tragedy of abortions. This ruling, won by a 5-4 margin, is the first major victory for pro-life activists since Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito were appointed to the Supreme Court....

AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE NEWSROOM Nancy Pelosi is not a 'conservative Catholic'; anti-life stance creates scandal within Church "In recent media appearances, new House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has been described as a conservative Catholic," said American Life League president Judie Brown. "This disturbs me. I want her bishop to know that her public opposition to Catholic teachings is creating scandal among faithful members of the Church. It is my prayer that he will respond accordingly." Mrs. Brown has written Archbishop William Levada of San Francisco that Rep. Pelosi (D-Calif.) is one of "many members of Congress who claim Catholicism as...