April 24, 2007 - 12:00am
By Laura Taylor
Deckhead:
Kind of a Big Deal
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With the aftermath of the Virginia Tech killings monopolizing media attention, a grave regression of women’s rights in this country passed largely unnoticed last week. On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, reversed the Court’s earlier rulings on Planned Parenthood Federation of America vs. Gonzales and Carhart vs. Gonzales, upholding what is known as the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003.