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On April 18, 2007 the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the national ban on partial-birth abortions with a 5-4 decision. As you may recall, Congress approved a national ban on the procedure. The law was challenged in three separate cases in the federal court system in Nebraska, New York, and California. In all cases, the ban was declared unconstitutional. The high court will hear the case out of Nebraska. The ACLJ, which has been involved in defending the national ban since its passage by Congress, supported the government's position defending the ban and is represented nearly 80 members of Congress and more than 320,000 Americans in an amicus brief filed with the high court. This case was decided on April 18, 2007, with the Supreme Court upholding the federal ban on partial-birth abortion. The case is Gonzales v. Carhart, 05-380.
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