Virginia's 2003 law banning a particular form of late-term abortions has been held unconstitutional for the second time by a divided panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
A federal appeals court says Virginia's law banning a type of late-term abortion is still unconstitutional, even though a similar federal ban has been upheld by the Supreme Court.The 2-1 decision Tuesday by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the same court's 2005 ruling striking down the law.
RICHMOND, Va. †A Virginia law banning a type of late-term abortion is still unconstitutional, even though the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a similar federal ban, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the same court's 2005 ruling striking down the law. The Supreme Court had ordered the appeals court to take another look
By LARRY O'DELL A Virginia law banning a type of late-term abortion is still unconstitutional, even though a similar federal ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the same court's 2005 ruling striking down the law. The Supreme Court had ordered the appeals court to take
The typically conservative 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Virginia's statute outlawing what is termed "partial-birth abortion" for the second time on Tuesday -- even though the Supreme Court had ordered it to re-examine its earlier ruling in light of its own 2007 decision upholding a similar federal law.
A Virginia law banning a type of late-term abortion is still unconstitutional, even though a similar federal ban was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The 2-1 decision by a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the same court's 2005 ruling striking down the law. The Supreme Court had ordered the appeals court to take another look at
The typically conservative 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Virginia's statute outlawing what is termed "partial-birth abortion" for the second time on Tuesday -- even though the Supreme Court had ordered it to re-examine its earlier ruling in light of its own 2007 decision upholding a similar federal law. Virginia has a choice of appealing to the 4th Circuit en banc, or appealing
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