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Previous Volume 344:152-156 January 11, 2001 Number 2

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Abortion has long been, and remains, the most politicized medical procedure in the United States. It has been the subject of more state and federal legislation than all other medical procedures combined. The U.S. Supreme Court, which almost never hears cases about medical procedures, has regularly heard cases over the past 25 years concerning the constitutionality of various state laws designed to limit abortion. Thus, it was only a matter of time before the Court would hear a case on the constitutionality of laws restricting so-called partial-birth abortion.¹ When the Court heard a challenge to Nebraska's law, statutes relating to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Nebraska Partial-Birth Abortion Law

The Majority Decision

How Abortions Are Performed

Women's Health

Distinguishing between Dilation and Extraction and Dilation and Evacuation

The Concurring Opinions

The Dissenting Opinions

Constitutional Law after Stenberg

Medicine and Abortion

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