MISSOURI COURT UPHOLDS PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION

'life or health of the mother' myth prevails again

ST. LOUIS, November 20, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Missouri appeals court has ruled against a state law banning partial-birth abortions because it does not make exceptions for the so-called "life or health of the mother", a requirement imposed two years ago by the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a Nebraska case and a familiar liberal canard in upholding partial-birth abortion. It now remains for the federal court to rule if the law is unconstitutional.

Planned Parenthood welcomed the ruling and is pressing the higher court to declare the state law unconstitutional, according to Paula Gianino of Planned Parenthood in St. Louis. "We had great concerns because the bill never included an exception for women getting an abortion if they needed one for a serious or dire health condition," she claimed."We're still very much alive constitutionally when it comes to this law," said Missouri Campaign Life spokesman Sam Lee. "This ruling does not determine the constitutionality -- that is up the federal court."For local coverage

see:http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/4563914....

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