# Planned Parenthood v. Gonzales

U.S. Court of Appeals - 189456-1-DVD - Planned Parenthood v. Gonzales - The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reviewed a lower court decision that struck down a federal law banning partial-birth abortions. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, signed into law by President Bush, prohibits abortions as early as 12 weeks with no exception for the health of the mother. A San Francisco District Court ruled in favor of Planned Parenthood calling the ban unconstitutional. Mr. Katsas talked about a medical disagreement about the safety of the procedure and the courts should defer to a finding by Congress that the procedure is never medically necessary. Ms. Gartner said that doctors should have the right to exercise their clinical judgment. ~ The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 has also been reviewed by the Second and Eighth Circuit Appeals Courts. The Eighth Circuit agreed with a Nebraska District Court that the ban was unconstitutional. That case is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information, see http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/189456-1

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 2005
- By: U.S. Court of Appeals
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/org.c-span.189456-1)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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