Christian Groups File Amicus Briefs Supporting Partial Birth Abortion Ban
Faith-based legal counsel groups filed amicus briefs Monday asking the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the national ban on partial-birth abortion.
Faith-based legal counsel groups filed amicus briefs Monday asking the United States Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of the national ban on partial-birth abortion.
The Washington-based American Center for Law and Justice and the Orlando-based Liberty Counsel both announced that they have filed a brief arguing that the abortion of babies who are inches away from birth amounts to infanticide.
“The Supreme Court has a critical opportunity to step in and draw a bright line that would bring an end to a horrific procedure that can only be described as infanticide," said Jay Sekulow, Chief Counsel of the ACLJ, which litigates pro-life issues.
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The brief, which according to ACLJ was filed on behalf of 78 members of Congress, comes in light of a controversial decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that declared the ban unconstitutional, and calls on the Supreme Court to reverse the lower court decision.
"Partial birth procedures represent the beachhead of this assault on postnatal life, the bridge between abortion and infanticide,” the brief states. “Absent strong legal barriers and vigorous societal condemnation, partial birth procedures open the way to legal infanticide."
The case is Gonzales v. Carhart, and involves a Nebraska abortion doctor LeRoy Carhart, who successfully challenged a similar partial-birth abortion ban enacted by the Nebraska legislature. He brought the challenge to federal law last year, and the Supreme Court is expected to hold oral arguments in the case during the next term.
In addition to ACLJ and Liberty Counsel, the Foundation for Moral Law, another Christian-based legal counsel, has also filed briefs supporting the Partial-birth Act.
