From Reuters, 11/6/03:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&ncid=578&e=2&u=/nm/20031106/ts_nm/bush_abortion_ruling_dc
New York Judge Blocks New Abortion Ban
By Gail Appleson
NEW YORK (Reuters) -
A New York federal judge on Thursday blocked the government from
prosecuting a group of doctors for performing an abortion procedure
banned under a law just signed by President George Bush.
In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Richard Casey issued a temporary
restraining order against enforcement of the ban that Bush signed on
Wednesday against so-called "partial-birth" abortions.
The order had been sought by the National Abortion Federation, the
professional association of abortion providers in the United States
and Canada, and seven named doctors.
The order temporarily stops U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft from
enforcing the ban against the plaintiffs, their employees and agents.
A similar order was issued by a federal judge in Nebraska on Wednesday
minutes after Bush signed the law.
Plaintiffs are also challenging the ban in San Francisco.
Louise Melling, director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Act, said
the New York order protects a much larger number than the seven named
doctors.
She said it also stops enforcement against all National Abortion
Federation member doctors, who perform half of all abortions in the
United States.
It also protects other NAF members who work at clinics, doctors
offices and hospitals in 47 states.
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Harry
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