Abortion-Rights Groups Test Law in Courts

NPR | By Robert Smith,

Michele Norris

Published March 29, 2004 at 12:00 AM EST

Trials begin in three states over a new federal law banning certain types of abortion. Abortion-rights activists oppose the law, saying it erodes a woman's right to choose abortion by threatening all second-trimester abortions. Hear NPR's Michele Norris and NPR's Robert Smith.

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