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NE: Women can still file suit after judge?s ruling on abortion law

By Alliance Alert

AfterAbortion.org: "Despite media reports to the contrary, women are still able to file lawsuits for negligent screening and psychological injuries under a Nebraska law. In a preliminary ruling issued July 14, Federal District Judge Laurie Smith Camp ruled that neither the effective date of the bill nor the law itself could be enjoined, clearing the way for the law to go into effect July 15. Camp also rejected a motion brought by Nebraska's Planned Parenthood affiliate to strike the legislature's finding of fact that was included in the law, which states that 'the existing standard of care for pre-abortion screening and counseling is not always adequate to protect the health needs of women.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 21, 2010 (boomark / email).