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The "Freedom for Partial-Birth Abortionists Act": Pro-Abortion Lawmakers Propose "FOCA" to Invalidate All Limits on Abortion.

National Right to Life News

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WASHINGTON (April 25, 2007)In response to the April 18 U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, prominent Democratic members of Congress the next day reintroduced the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA), a proposed federal law to nullify virtually all federal and state limitations on abortion.

NRLC Legislative Director Douglas Johnson commented, "In the interests of truth in advertising, the bill should be renamed the 'Freedom for Partial-Birth Abortionists Act.'"

The House bill, H.R. 1964, was introduced by Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), who in the new Democratic-majority Congress is the chairman of the House ...

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