“That a woman may make the decision to have an abortion before a fetus may survive outside her womb is solely and exclusively the woman’s decision. The power to make this decision is her right.”
– U.S. Federal Judge Lee Yeakel, in his order striking
down the state’s ban on D&E abortions
This article appears in December 1 • 2017.
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