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Abortion Foes Say Ruling Removes 'Cloud' From Protests

Supreme Court says racketeering laws don't apply to pro-life demonstrations.

Adelle M. Banks, Religion News Service | posted 3/01/2006 12:00AM

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But the National Organization for Women, the respondent in two cases that were consolidated for the court's consideration, criticized the outcome of the legal fight, saying it will undermine abortion rights legalized by the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision.

"If women are too terrified to walk into clinics and health-care providers are too terrified to keep their doors open, then we will have lost the fight for reproductive freedom even with Roe vs. Wade still on the books," NOW President Kim Gandy said in a statement.

Related Elsewhere:

The Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. decision is available from the Supreme Court's website.

SCOTUSBlog and Legal Times have analysis of the decision. News coverage, from The New York Times, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, and other media outlets, will be rounded up in the Christianity Today Weblog.

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