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State prepares for high court
By Michelle Starr
Staff writer
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a
Nebraska abortion case in less than
three weeks, and preparation has
begun.
A ruling in Attorney General Don
Stenberg vs. Dr. Leroy Carhart could
clarify regulations on partial-birth
abortions throughout the country.
The case went to die U.S. Supreme
Court after the 8th Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled in favor of Carhart, a
Bellevue doctor who performs abor
tions. Stenberg appealed the decision.
To prepare for the 30 minutes
allowed for case presentation in
Washington, D.C., Stenberg
announced Tuesday he will hold two
moot court sessions on April 11 and 18.
Both sessions are closed to the pub
lie because Stenberg does not want to
discose his strategy, but the media will
be allowed in the first session for a few
minutes, Stenberg said
Margie Kelly, spokeswoman for the
Center of Reproductive Law and
Policy, the center that is representing
Carhart, said the center is following
standard practice and will also have an
undetermined number of moot sessions
to prepare for the April 25 hearing.
Previous court briefs showed sup
port for Carhart from 175 organizations
including the American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists and
thq nation’s solicitor general.
Stenberg plans to submit a response
brief no later than April 17, he said
For Stenberg’s case, 118 groups,
including Family First and the U.S.
Catholic Conference, showed support
in briefs, Stenberg said
According to court documents, the
case, originally filed by Carhart against
the state in 1997, said the wording of a
1997 Nebraska law banning partial
birth abortions is vague enough to
imply the banning of all abortions.
Carhart argued that the law is
unconstitutional because it conflicts
with the 1973 Roe v. Wade, Kelly said.
The 1997 law has not been enacted
because of the pending case.
But Stenberg said the law is exclu
sive to an uncommon method of abor
tion known as dilation and extraction.
Dilation and extraction involves
extracting the fetus through the birth
canal, cutting the skull and draining the
contents.
Stenbeig said though not all states
may be affected by the ruling, those that
have partial-birth abortion statutes sim
ilar to Nebraska’s could use the high
court’s ruling to determine the constitu
tionality of their laws.
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The senate failed to take action on a
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At the March 7 meeting, Alan
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Christensen said the form would
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