After Supreme Court's Decision to Uphold Partial Birth Abortion Ban, New Pro-abortion Legislation is Introduced Which Would Overturn Court's Ruling

The Freedom of Choice Act would create an absolute right to abortion that would override any federal, state or local law that simply "interfered with" that right, no matter how compelling the justification for the law.
Jay Sekulow/AH (May 10th, 2007)

Pro-lifers barely had a chance to breathe a sigh of relief upon the recent victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, before a pro-abortion bill was introduced that would nullify the high court's decision, as well as that of many state and local laws which have been passed.

According to the American Center for Law and Justice's Jay Sekulow, the Freedom of Choice Act, introduced by Senator Hillary Clinton, Senator Barbara Boxer and Representative Jerrold Nadler, would invalidate many federal, state and local abortion laws, including the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

Says Sekulow, on his website: The Freedom of Choice Act would create an absolute right to abortion that would override any federal, state or local law that simply "interfered with" that right, no matter how compelling the justification for the law. For instance, the Freedom of Choice Act would likely invalidate the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act even though the statute is constitutional. The findings section of the Freedom of Choice Act states that Congress's decision in the partial-birth abortion case "permits the government to interfere with the woman's right to choose to terminate pregnancy...." Since the Freedom of Choice Act would invalidate any federal, state or local law that interferes "with a woman's right to choose...to terminate a pregnancy prior to viability," federal and state partial-birth abortion bans would likely be invalidated.

This attempt to not only reverse the Supreme Court decision but to expand the right to abortion must be dealt with aggressively. Our Government Affairs staff is already working on congressional efforts to defeat this bill. I have assembled a legal team that is already reviewing possible legal challenges if this bill were to actually be passed. While I am not surprised by this move, I am very concerned. We must work aggressively to protect the most vulnerable among us.

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Source: ACLJ.org