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Health Care & Hospital Law

Jun. 30, 2000

O'Connor Casts Deciding Vote Striking Down State Laws Restricting Abortion

WASHINGTON - A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called partial-birth abortions, marking the first major abortion-related decision handed down by the justices in eight years.

By Daniel A. Shaw
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        WASHINGTON - A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down a Nebraska law banning so-called partial-birth abortions, marking the first major abortion-related decision handed down by the justices in eight years.
        The court ruled 5-4 ...

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