Washington D.C., Jan 18, 2006 / 22:00 pm
The Supreme Court’s key decision yesterday in Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England overruled a lower court's attempt to nullify New Hampshire's parental notification law and introduced the possibility of limiting abortions.
The "ruling is a great victory for both the fair judicial review of pro-life laws across the nation, and for New Hampshire parents who wish to protect their daughters from the significant health risks related to abortion,” said Bioethics Defense Fund president and general counsel Nikolas T. Nikas.
Nikas participated in the legal team that prepared New Hampshire Attorney General Kelly Ayotte for Supreme Court oral argument.
Niks said the decision rejects the old 'abortion-distortion' double standard, which allowed abortion proponents, such as Planned Parenthood, “to challenge and strike down the entire abortion regulation if they could come up with even one possible scenario where the law could be applied in an unconstitutional manner.”