Supreme Court upholds ban on partial birth abortion

The vote was 5-4. Justice Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. Howard Bashman at How Appealing has more.
UPDATE: Ed Whelan summarizes the majority opinion at NRO’s Bench Memos.
JOHN adds: To download the decision in PDF, click here.
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