Abortion Ban Back at 4th Circuit

When the Supreme Court upheld the federal ban on "partial-birth" abortions in April, critics sounded the alarm that women would be harmed, physicians would be jailed, and state legislators would be energized to pass similar laws. Six months later, it appears those fears have not come true. An important new measure of the impact of comes this week, when the 4th Circuit re-evaluates Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban, possibly the strictest ban in the nation, in light of .