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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007
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Statement of Justice Department Spokesman Erik Ablin
on Today’s Supreme Court Ruling in Gonzales v. Carhart

“We are pleased with the Court’s decision today to uphold the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act, which overwhelmingly passed Congress with strong bipartisan support. As Congress itself declared in the legislation, the Act protects vulnerable and innocent human life from an inhumane, dangerous and unnecessary procedure, and we are gratified by the Court’s ruling today.”

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