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To: E who wrote (2873)	2/16/2004 7:32:27 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Ashcroft subpoenaes women's abortion records __________________________________ Why IS this? Does Ashcroft plan on prosecuting these women?????? Do you know, E? -- "laura" __________________________________ February 16, 2004 Attorney General John Ashcroft has spent his public life railing against abortion. As Missouri's attorney general and then its governor, he fought to restrict a woman's right to legally terminate a pregnancy. As a U.S. senator he voted to ban the late-term procedure he calls "partial-birth abortion." And now that such a ban is the law of the land and he is the nation's chief legal officer, he is using his subpoena power to commandeer the medical records of women who have had late-term abortions. Ashcroft's demands are intimidating to women and doctors and appear to be an abuse of power on behalf of a punitive law. They also threaten the privacy rights of patients. Ashcroft's claim is that he needs the records so the Justice Department can defend the late-term ban in court. Abortion rights supporters have argued that the ban is unconstitutional because it is overly broad and lacks any exemption for protecting a woman's health. They also say that the procedure is used seldom and when medically necessary; that's what Ashcroft says he is trying to prove or disprove by seeking the medical records. At least six hospitals have been subpoenaed to release records of women who have undergone these abortions, including New York- Presbyterian and St. Luke's-Roosevelt in New York City. Meanwhile, a federal judge in New York has said the information can be turned over to Justice, while a federal judge in Chicago went the opposite way, saying doing so would violate federal and state privacy laws." More... newsday.com ?coll=ny-editorials-headlines