Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (Pub.L. 108–105 (text) (pdf), 117 Stat. 1201, enacted November 5, 2003, 18 U.S.C. § 1531, PBA Ban) is a United States law prohibiting a form of late termination of pregnancy called "partial-birth abortion", referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction. Under this law, any physician "who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both". The law was enacted in 2003, and in 2007 its constitutionality was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart.
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Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (Pub.L. 108–105 (text) (pdf), 117 Stat. 1201, enacted November 5, 2003, 18 U.S.C. § 1531, PBA Ban) is a United States law prohibiting a form of late termination of pregnancy called "partial-birth abortion", referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction. Under this law, any physician "who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both". The law was enacted in 2003, and in 2007 its constitutionality was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart.
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Der Partial-Birth Abortion Ban ...... zw. 24. Schwangerschaftswoche.
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The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban ...... e case of Gonzales v. Carhart.
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An Act to prohibit the procedure commonly known as partial-birth abortion.
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Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
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PBA Ban
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Gonzales v. Carhart
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Der Partial-Birth Abortion Ban ...... zw. 24. Schwangerschaftswoche.
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The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban ...... e case of Gonzales v. Carhart.
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Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
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