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Obama, Edwards Blast Abortion Ruling by Court
Sen. Barack Obama and former senator John Edwards, both Democratic Party candidates for president in 2008, agreed to disagree with Wednesday's Supreme Court ruling that upheld a ban on partial birth abortions. Obama issued a statement expressing concern that the decision would "embolden" state legislatures to further restrict access to abortion procedures. "I strongly disagree with today’s Supreme Court ruling, which dramatically departs from previous precedents safeguarding the health of pregnant women," Obama said in a statement. "As Justice Ginsburg emphasized in her dissenting opinion, this ruling signals an alarming willingness on the part of the conservative majority to disregard its prior rulings respecting a woman’s medical concerns and the very personal decisions between a doctor and patient.
"I am extremely concerned that this ruling will embolden state legislatures to enact further measures to restrict a woman’s right to choose, and that the conservative Supreme Court justices will look for other opportunities to erode Roe v. Wade, which is established federal law and a matter of equal rights for women,” Obama said.
Story Continues Below Edwards, who twice missed Senate votes on partial birth abortion while he was in the Senate, said Wednesday he "could not disagree more strongly" with the Supreme Court's decision.
"The ban upheld by the Court is an ill-considered and sweeping prohibition that does not even take account for serious threats to the health of individual women," Edwards said. "This hard right turn is a stark reminder of why Democrats cannot afford to lose the 2008 election."
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