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G.O.P. lawmakers to rework partial birth abortion ban

June 1, 2007 By WRN Contributor

Now that the attorney general has ruled the state's 1998 ban is too broad, Senator Scott Fitzgerald says it's time for a new law banning the procedure.

Even though the US Supreme Court upheld the recent partial birth abortion ban passed by Congress, the older Wisconsin law is modeled after a Nebraska version that has been struck down.

Fitzgerald thinks lawmakers will back a change. He says it was a bipartisan bill back when it first passed and he thinks a number of lawmakers will be willing to sign on now.

Fitzgerald says even though partial birth abortions are banned now under federal law, the state needs a duplicate version as a matter of jurisdiction since suits can also be filed in state courts too.

A spokesman for Assembly Speaker Mike Huebsch says that body will move quickly to make sure Wisconsin's law is enforceable .

AUDIO: Jim Dick reports ( 1:12 MP3 )

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