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Privacy & Reproductive Rights
Stenberg v. Carhart
Decided: 2000
In brief
Struck down a state ban on 'partial-birth abortion' for lacking a health exception.
The Court's ruling in depth
The Court struck down Nebraska's 'partial-birth abortion' ban because it lacked an exception for the mother's health and because its language was broad enough to burden the more common D&E procedure.