Published March 08, 2013, 08:03 AM
Anti-abortion groups at odds
Abortion-rights lawyers are readying to face a series of anti-abortion laws, including one in North Dakota, meant to challenge the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established a nationwide right to abortion.
BISMARCK (AP) — Abortion-rights lawyers are readying to face a series of anti-abortion laws, including one in North Dakota, meant to challenge the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that established a nationwide right to abortion.
Legislators in several states are weighing bills divisive even within the national anti-abortion movement.
Arkansas legislators adopted the nation’s toughest abortion law in the face of certain legal challenge — a ban on most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy. Some activists welcomed the law, but others fear the ban is headed toward emphatic rejection in court and prefer incremental strategies.
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