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For a brief moment, it appeared that Obama might be moderating on abortion.(Barack Obama)(Brief article)

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For a brief moment, it appeared that Obama might be moderating on abortion. He suggested that late-term abortion should be permitted only in cases of threats to the mother's physical health, and not merely to keep her from feeling "blue." If he meant what he said, he would have to advocate that the Supreme Court rein in the expansive abortion right it has legislated for the country. Under the Court's precedents, late-term abortion must be allowed to protect a woman's health, defined broadly to include, among other things, her "emotional" and "familial" health. As ...

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