Late-Term Abortions and the Constitution
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Would congress be able to pass a law banning late-term abortions? Why? How would the justices each decide if it's constitutionality were called into question?
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Yes, Congress would be able to pass a law banning late-term abortions as long as "late-term" abortion was clearly defined and not too vague.
This authority comes from the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (18 U.S.C § 1531) is a law prohibiting a form of late-term abortions called 'partial-birth abortions.'
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Yes, Congress would be able to pass a law banning late-term abortions as long as "late-term" abortion was clearly defined and not too vague.
This authority comes from the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (18 U.S.C § 1531) is a law prohibiting a form of late-term abortions called 'partial-birth abortions.'
A 2000 Supreme Court case held that a Nebraska ...
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