Two recent editorials respond to opening arguments the Supreme Court heard on Wednesday in a Department of Justice appeal to uphold a federal law banning so-called "partial-birth" abortion. President Bush signed the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act (S 3) into law in November 2003 and several organizations subsequently filed lawsuits alleging that the law is unconstitutional because of the absence of an exception for procedures preformed to protect the health of the pregnant woman. The Supreme Court in the 2000 Stenberg v. Carhart case ruled 5-4 to strike down a similar Nebraska law because it did not include a health exception. In place of a health exception, the federal law includes a long "findings" section with medical evidence presented during congressional hearings that,trx equipment,...