Supreme Court OKs Abortion Procedure Ban

A little sanity enters a crazy world, and the first step in restoring constitutional government has now been taken.

Apr 18, 3:48 PM (ET)

By MARK SHERMAN, MyWay.com (Excerpt)

WASHINGTON (AP) - "The Supreme Court's conservative majority handed anti-abortion forces a major victory Wednesday in a decision that bans a controversial abortion procedure and set the stage for further restrictions.
For the first time since the court established a woman's right to an abortion in 1973, the justices upheld a nationwide ban on a specific abortion method, labeled partial-birth abortion by its opponents.

The 5-4 decision written by Justice Anthony Kennedy said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 does not violate a woman's constitutional right to an abortion."