{"id":2054,"date":"2007-04-19T08:59:35","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T08:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2007\/04\/pba-ban-continued.html"},"modified":"2007-04-19T08:59:35","modified_gmt":"2007-04-19T08:59:35","slug":"pba-ban-continued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2007\/04\/pba-ban-continued.html","title":{"rendered":"PBA Ban, continued"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Imbelli highlights editorial reactions<\/a><\/p>\n

Diogenes comments<\/a> and tends to agree with Robert Levin at NRO, who says:<\/a><\/p>\n

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I don’t understand what all the fuss is about. The fact is that Anthony Kennedy makes clear that he is open to a case where the litigant asserts a health exception to partial-birth abortion. He makes this clear in several ways, including distinguishing between a "facial" vs. "as-applied" challenge, and all but invites such a challenge. That is, he is soliciting a health-exception challenge. Kennedy also telegraphs how he’ll vote — with the other four activists. In short, he says the federal statute, which excepts partial-birth abortion in cases that threaten the life of the mother (thereby narrowing the health exception), is consistent with past court rulings, but he is prepared to reverse course in a future case involving non-life threatening health exceptions. Maybe today’s decision will temporarily chill doctors from performing partial-birth abortions. But the emphasis here is on word "temporary."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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