Partial-birth abortion ban struck down (Gonzales v. Carhart)

This is the latest in a series of Quimbee.com case brief videos. Have you signed up for your Quimbee membership? The American Bar Association offers three months of Quimbee study aids (a $72 value) for law student members. And if you go Premium, you’ll receive Quimbee Legal Ethics Outline (a $29 value) as part of our Premium Legal Ethics Bundle. Ready to go all in? Go Platinum and get 3 years of unlimited access to Quimbee and 3 years of ABA Premium membership (nearly a $1,000 value) for just $499. The State of Nebraska passed a law outlawing an abortion method commonly used in the second trimester. The procedure was known in the medical profession as dilation and evacuation. Following a legal challenge, the United States Supreme Court struck the Nebraska law down as unconstitutional. Shortly after, Congress passed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. The act barred dilation and evacuation of intact fetuses, commonly referred to…

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