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Justice Anthony Kennedy and Abortion

Justice Kennedy ruled with the support of the Pro-Choice movement and continued the ban on D&X, or partial birth abortions.

Partial birth abortions are used to abort a pregnancy, by fully removing the intact fetus, after the first trimester.

Some argue that this decision goes against the precedent set in Roe v. Wade.

In 2000 0.17% of all abortions were done by D&X procedure.

Some pro-choice supporters want to allow abortion because of the countless health complications that can arise from illegal and botched abortions.

Much of the pro-life movement stems from churches and religious communities, the author points out the Catholic Church and Protestant evangelicals.

Gonzales vs. Carhart, according to the author, undermines women's rights and takes U.S. law back to a view of women as mothers and wives first and foremost.