04-30-2013, 10:44 AM
Both sides have rested; jury deliberations begin.
While this case wasn't as intensely covered as some other murder trials by the media, it's of extreme interest to both pro-life and pro-choice organizations.
Neither side supports Kermit, however. Anti-abortion groups are using the horrific descriptions and photos from the case to condemn abortion and to push for more legislation restricting later term abortions, while pro-abortion advocates cite the case as an example of what happens when abortion is restricted and women are driven to hacks like Gossnel.
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Abortion opponents have leveraged these mixed feelings in recent years to lobby at the state level to restrict the procedure. Nine states have banned most abortions beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy. Last month, two states went further: Arkansas banned abortion after 12 weeks and North Dakota beyond about 6 weeks, when a fetal heartbeat is “detectable.”
Abortion rights groups said both limits would be found unconstitutional in federal court. “No woman carries their child to six, seven, eight months and then one day decides they don’t want to become a parent,” said Ilyse Hogue, the president of Naral Pro-Choice America. “These are terrible, tragic situations where families have to make difficult choices with their doctors. I think most Americans believe that’s where they belong.”
Ref:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/us/tri...gewanted=2
While this case wasn't as intensely covered as some other murder trials by the media, it's of extreme interest to both pro-life and pro-choice organizations.
Neither side supports Kermit, however. Anti-abortion groups are using the horrific descriptions and photos from the case to condemn abortion and to push for more legislation restricting later term abortions, while pro-abortion advocates cite the case as an example of what happens when abortion is restricted and women are driven to hacks like Gossnel.
Snip:
Abortion opponents have leveraged these mixed feelings in recent years to lobby at the state level to restrict the procedure. Nine states have banned most abortions beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy. Last month, two states went further: Arkansas banned abortion after 12 weeks and North Dakota beyond about 6 weeks, when a fetal heartbeat is “detectable.”
Abortion rights groups said both limits would be found unconstitutional in federal court. “No woman carries their child to six, seven, eight months and then one day decides they don’t want to become a parent,” said Ilyse Hogue, the president of Naral Pro-Choice America. “These are terrible, tragic situations where families have to make difficult choices with their doctors. I think most Americans believe that’s where they belong.”
Ref:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/30/us/tri...gewanted=2