Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times reports here on the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. Also in the Times, Robin Toner has this article about the impact of the ruling on the 2008 presidential election. In addition, the New York Times has this editorial declaring that the Court’s decision “eroded the constitutional respect and protection accorded to women and the personal decisions they make about pregnancy and childbirth.”
The Chicago Tribune has this editorial discussing yesterday’s decision, which “required the court to retreat somewhat from its past emphasis on safeguarding the health of pregnant women above all else.” Stephanie Simon of the LA Times has this analysis of the Court’s ruling. The LA Times also has this editorial stating that “the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday executed an unconscionable U-turn.”
The Boston Herald has this editorial stating that the Court issued a ruling “all but the most pro-choice zealots can live with.” This editorial in the Washington Times declares the decision a “victory for commonsense morality and for constitutional jurisprudence.” Also in the Washington Times, Stephen Dinan has this report on yesterday’s ruling.
In today’s Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports here on the High Court’s ruling to uphold federal restrictions on abortion. Barnes is hosting a live discussion of yesterday’s 5-4 ruling here at the washingtonpost.com at noon ET. Also in today’s issue of the Post, Shailagh Murray and Chris Cillizza have this article discussing the revival of the reproductive rights debate as a result of the Supreme Court decision. In addition, this editorial, which declares “the willingness of the two new justices to stray so far from the court’s previous rulings is disappointing and ominous,” runs in today’s Washington Post.
The Opinion section of the USA Today features this editorial decrying the Court’s decision and this viewpoint, authored by Edward Whelan, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, which champions yesterday’s ruling.
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg reports here on how President Bush’s Supreme Court appointments have shifted the Court’s balance. In the San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko has this article discussing the what the ruling signals for the future; and AP writer Julie Hirschfeld Davis reports here that yesterday’s decision could lead to further limits on abortion.
Additional news coverage on the Court’s decision in the consolidated abortion cases can be found here.
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