STATEMENT OF MONICA GOODLING, SPOKESWOMAN FOR THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, REGARDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA V. ASHCROFT:

“The Justice Department is reviewing Judge Hamilton’s order. The Justice Department vigorously litigated this case, as well as the pending cases in Nebraska and New York involving challenges to the law banning partial birth abortions. The Department will continue to devote all resources necessary to defend this Act of Congress, which President Bush has said ‘will end an abhorrent practice and continue to build a culture of life in America.’ The Justice Department has worked hard during these trials to fulfill the goal of the President to protect innocent new life from the practice of partial birth abortion, and we will continue to do so.”

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