The Supreme Court ( SCOTUS ) will hear a case on partial birth abortion, ruling on a law passed by congress that is almost identical to a law struck down in 2000 because there was no exception made for a woman’s health.           This will be a very good measuring stick as to how the new justices will vote and whether they will be activist judges and go against precedent or stick to precedent.

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