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Shifts in Supreme Court put abortion in spotlight
By MASON MOSELEY | September 28With the confirmation of John Roberts expected later this week and another judicial nomination on the horizon, the widely anticipated jockeying for position on the issue of abortion already has begun. The Bush administration has asked the Supreme Court to reinstate the ban on late-term abortions, signifying the first major conflict for the new Supreme Court on one of the nation's most contentious issues. This is not a new initiative for Bush, who in 2003 attempted to overturn the previous Stenberg v. Carhart decision of 2000.
