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Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., a Democratic Party candidate for president in 2008, reacted sharply to Wednesday's 5-4 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the ban on partial birth abortions.

In a statement on her campaign Web site, Sen. Clinton wrote:

"This decision marks a dramatic departure from four decades of Supreme Court rulings that upheld a woman's right to choose and recognized the importance of women's health.

"Today's decision blatantly defies the Court's recent decision in 2000 striking down a state partial-birth abortion law because of its failure to provide an exception for the health of the mother. As the Supreme Court recognized in Roe v. Wade in 1973, this issue is complex and highly personal; the rights and lives of women must be taken into account.

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"It is precisely this erosion of our constitutional rights that I warned against when I opposed the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito."

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