Virginia AG To Ask Full Appeals Court To Review Decision Declaring Abortion Ban Unconstitutional

Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell (R) plans to ask the full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a decision by a three-judge panel of the court declaring Virginia's ban on so-called "partial-birth" abortion unconstitutional, the AP/Washington Post reports. In a statement announcing the decision, McDonnell said, "It is my belief that Virginia's partial-birth abortion ban, passed overwhelmingly by the people's elected representatives in the General Assembly, is constitutional" (AP/Washington Post, 5/30).