Late-term abortion ban protects ‘weakest, most helpless beings,’ federal court rules

Friday, June 26, 2009

Catholic News Agency:  "The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 6-5 decision on Wednesday upheld Virginia’s partial-birth abortion ban. In his concurring opinion, one judge wrote that the law protects the “weakest” and “most helpless” and condemned the use of the Constitution to justify “dismembering” a partly born child and “crushing” its skull."  Read Article >>