April 18, 2007
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Feminist Group in New York Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding Ban on 'Partial Birth Abortion'.
Feminists Choosing Life, a pro-woman organization that supports alternatives to abortion in New York, applauds a US Supreme Court ruling today that said partially delivering a child alive, then killing it, is not consitutional. The decision prohibits "a method of abortion in which an unborn child is killed just inches before completion of the birth process", the opinion reads. More than 6 pages of the decision describes in grisley detail what the Court describes as the 'overt act that kills a partially delivered fetus'
Kelly Vincent-Brunacini, President of Feminists Choosing Life, says, "Roe v Wade in 1973 gave birth to Doe v Bolton, a ruling who's 'health exception' extended the right to abortion from Roe's viability perameter to include all 9 months of pregnancy. This monumental decision today marks the first time Doe v Bolton's overly broad 'health exception' was narrowed." The decision also states that the exception for the 'health' of the mother in partial birth abortion will be limited to a life threatening situation.
Riddled throughout the 39 page opinion are references to the rights of mothers to be informed about alternative procedures, about women's grief after abortion, and about the health effects or lack of health effects on mothers. "For women who have suffered emotional trauma from abortion, this is good news," Vincent-Brunacini said.
In response to Planned Parenthood and other abortion rights groups' claims that the decision will erode the unrestricted right to abortion. Vincent-Brunacini says, "This is like the National Rifle Association which refuses to compromise on the most innocuous gun control attempt. Every industry is restricted and regulated, and the abortion industry is no exception."
The Supreme Court also upheld the ban on partial birth abortion as an 'inhumane' abortion procedure which 'perverts' the moral dignity of the medical profession.
Feminists Choosing Life is a member of Consistent Life, a network of over 200 pro-peace, pro-justice and pro-life organizations that oppose all violence.