Clever, unconstitutional way to curb abortions

Brietta Clark and Karl Manheim are professors of law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles write in the San Francisco Chronicle: “The Stupak Amendment is obviously designed to discourage even medically necessary abortions. Many women have medical conditions that are exacerbated by pregnancy, but by the time they become life-threatening, it is too late for a safe abortion. The Stupak Amendment would preclude women from getting abortions in these and other cases. This is extraordinarily bad health policy, but is it unconstitutional?”