See also id., at 907-912; National Abortion Federation, 330 F.Supp.2d, at 474-475; Planned Parenthood, 320 F.Supp.2d, at 995-997. Second-trimester abortions (i.e., midpregnancy, previability abortions) are, however, relatively uncommon. [10] There is, in short, no fraction because the numerator and denominator are the same: The health exception reaches only those cases where a woman's health is at risk. Cf. The considerations we have discussed support our further determination that these facial attacks should not have been entertained in the first instance. In addition it did "not believe that many of [the plaintiffs'] purported reasons for why [intact D & E] is medically necessary [were] credible; rather [it found them to be] theoretical or false."
If a living fetus is delivered past the critical point by accident or inadvertence, the Act is inapplicable. See, e.g., 2A N. Singer, Sutherland on Statutes and Statutory Construction § 47:28 (rev. In recitations preceding its operative provisions the Act refers to the Court's opinion in Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914, 120 S. Ct. 2597, 147 L. Ed. Minors may be unaware they are pregnant until relatively late in pregnancy, while poor women's financial constraints are an obstacle to timely receipt of services. The Act prohibits intact D & E; and, notwithstanding respondents' arguments, it does not prohibit the D & E procedure in which the fetus is removed in parts. Congress determined that the abortion methods it proscribed had a "disturbing similarity to the killing of a newborn infant," Congressional Findings (14)(L), in notes following 18 U.S.C. See, e.g., Carhart, 331 F.Supp.2d, at 852, 856, 859, 862-865, 868, 870, 873-874, 876-877, 880, 883, 886. 530 U.S., at 939, 120 S. Ct. 2597. Doctors also may abort a fetus through medical induction. Id., at 1033 (quoting Stenberg, 530 U.S., at 932, 120 S. Ct. 2597); accord Carhart, 331 F.Supp.2d, at 1008-1009, 1017-1018; National Abortion Federation, 330 F.Supp.2d, at 480-482;[5] cf. See Stenberg, 530 U.S., at 943-944, 120 S. Ct. 2597. *1622 In an intact D & E procedure the doctor extracts the fetus in a way conducive to pulling out its entire body, instead of ripping it apart. fetal life," ante, at 1626, bars a woman from choosing intact D & E although her doctor "reasonably believes [that procedure] will best protect [her]." When a doctor in that situation completes an abortion by performing an intact *1632 D & E, the doctor does not violate the Act. 17% of all officially reported pregnancy-related deaths"; "[d]eaths from abortion declined dramatically after legalization"). Abortion Federation, supra, at 482. A decision so at odds with our jurisprudence should not have staying power. The principles set forth in the joint opinion in Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, 505 U.S. 833, 112 S. Ct. 2791, 120 L. Ed. It blurs the line, firmly drawn in Casey, between previability and postviability abortions. See Carhart, 331 F.Supp.2d, at 940-949, 1017; National Abortion Federation, 330 F.Supp.2d, at 468-470; Planned Parenthood, 320 F.Supp.2d, at 961, n. 5, 992-994, 1000-1002. [3] Dilation and evacuation (D & E) is the most frequently used abortion procedure during the second trimester of pregnancy; intact D & E is a variant of the D & E procedure. Filed: In 2003, a few years after our ruling in Stenberg, Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Actwithout an exception for women's health. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion, joined by Justice Scalia, which mentions saving for another day the issue of whether Congress had sufficient power under the Commerce Clause to enact this ban. Seven years ago, in Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914, 120 S. Ct. 2597, 147 L. Ed. 2d 694 (1983); Lambert v. Yellowley, 272 U.S. 581, 597, 47 S. Ct. 210, 71 L. Ed. See Carhart, 331 F.Supp.2d, at 1008-1027; National Abortion Federation, 330 F.Supp.2d, at 482, 488-491; Planned Parenthood, 320 F.Supp.2d, at 1032. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337. According to the expert testimony plaintiffs introduced, the safety advantages of intact D & E are marked for women with certain medical conditions, for example, *1645 uterine scarring, bleeding disorders, heart disease, or compromised immune systems. 2d 645 (1988) (quoting Hooper v. California, 155 U.S. 648, 657, 15 S. Ct. 207, 39 L. Ed. The Act satisfies both requirements. In 1996, Congress also acted to ban partial-birth abortion. 2d 436, 482 (S.D.N.Y.2004) ("Congress did not .
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law . 2d 118 (1961)). Abortion Federation v. Ashcroft, 330 F. Supp. 550 U.S. 124, 127 S. Ct. 1610, 167 L. Ed. "); cf. National Abortion Federation, 330 F.Supp.2d, at 480-482. . The Court concludes that the Partial Birth Abortion act exceeds congressional power under the Commerce Clause and is unconstitutional.
medical uncertainty persists." In an as-applied *1639 challenge the nature of the medical risk can be better quantified and balanced than in a facial attack.
Id., at 480. In Gonzales v. Carhart (2007), the US Supreme Court held in a five-to-four decision that the 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act passed by the US Congress was constitutional. [15] The Supreme Court has made available audio of the oral arguments, in both Carhart[16] and Planned Parenthood.[17]. It was to take effect the following day. But "neither the weight of the scientific evidence to date nor the observable reality of 33 years of legal abortion in the United States comports with the idea that having an abortion is any more dangerous to a woman's long-term mental health than delivering and parenting a child that she did not intend to have.
2d 350 (1998); see also Clark v. Martinez, 543 U.S. 371, 385, 125 S. Ct. 716, 160 L. Ed. 2d 605 (1974).
2d 805, 1028 (Neb.2004) (internal quotation marks omitted), aff'd, 413 F.3d 791 (C.A.8 2005). In addition the Act's prohibition only applies to the delivery of "a living fetus."
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H.R.Rep. 331 F.Supp.2d, at 1004-1030. Id., at 943, 120 S. Ct. 2597. The Act's ban on abortions that involve partial delivery of a living fetus furthers the Government's objectives. Respondents likewise have failed to show that the Act should be invalidated on its face because it encourages arbitrary or discriminatory enforcement. 04-3379(CA8), p. 109 (hereinafter Dilation and Extraction). The District Court for the Southern District of New York was more skeptical of the purported health benefits of intact D & E. It found the Attorney General's "expert witnesses reasonably and effectively refuted [the plaintiffs'] proffered bases for the opinion that [intact D & E] has safety advantages over other second-trimester abortion procedures." 297 (1895)). [2], In addition, the Court distinguished this case from the Stenberg case (in which the Court struck down Nebraska's partial-birth abortion law) by holding that the state statute at issue in Stenberg was more ambiguous than the later federal statute at issue in Carhart. See, e.g., id., at 869 ("Since Dr. Chasen believes that the intact D & E is safer than the dismemberment D & E, Dr. Chasen's goal is to perform an intact D & E every time"); see also id., at 873, 886. Carhart, 413 F.3d, at 796; Planned Parenthood, 435 F.3d, at 1173; see also Nat. Abortion Federation, supra, at 440, n. 2; see also F. Cunningham et al., Williams Obstetrics 243 (22d ed.2005) (identifying the procedure as D & X); Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology 567 (J. Scott, R. Gibbs, B. Karlan, & A. Haney eds. to terminate her pregnancy by methods more dangerous to her health"). See, e.g., ante, at 1621; Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U.S. 914, 927, 120 S. Ct. 2597, 147 L. Ed. We assume the following principles for the purposes of this opinion. IV). Posters `N' Things, supra, at 525-526, 114 S. Ct. 1747. One may anticipate that such a preenforcement challenge will be mounted swiftly, to ward off serious, sometimes irremediable harm, to women whose health would be endangered by the intact D & E prohibition. The plurality opinion indicated "[t]he fact that a law which serves a valid purpose, one not designed to strike at the right itself, has the incidental effect of making it more difficult or more expensive to procure an abortion cannot be enough to invalidate it." Abortion Federation, 330 F.Supp.2d, at 482, 488-491. Id., at 856, 112 S. Ct. 2791. There is no evidence of an abortion trauma syndrome.
. This page was processed by aws-apollo5 in 0.189 seconds, Using the URL or DOI link below will ensure access to this page indefinitely. Ante, at 1639; see ante, at 1639 ("The Government has acknowledged that preenforcement, as-applied challenges to the Act can be maintained."). IV), p. 768, ¶ (7) (Congressional Findings), but that Congress was "not bound to accept the same factual findings," ibid., ¶ (8). Third, intact D & E diminishes the chances of exposing the patient's tissues to sharp bony fragments sometimes resulting from dismemberment of the fetus. The Court is thus gravely mistaken to conclude that narrow as-applied challenges are "the proper manner to protect the health of the woman."