Sixth Circuit Abortion Ruling Is A Modest But Real Protection Opinion
The dissenting judges, along with numerous news outlets, wrongly read the law as banning abortions of unborn children diagnosed with Down syndrome. The law does no such thing. Under this law, women may abort for any reason, including for Down syndrome. They are not required to given any reason at all, in fact. Rather, the law prohibits doctors from performing abortions when they know a Down syndrome diagnosis is the reason....