NYU LAW EXPERT SYLVIA LAW AVAILABLE TO OFFER COMMENTARY ON HOUSE APPROVAL OF PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION

joan.dim@nyu.edu

NYU Law School Professor Sylvia Law, a constitutional law expert with a particular expertise on women's reproductive rights, is available to discuss the House's vote yesterday to ban partial birth abortion. This is the first ban on an abortion procedure since the Supreme Court's Roe vs. Wade decision ruled that women have a right to end their pregnancies.

• An historical overview of the nation's abortion issues.


• What are the ramifications of this new legislation?


• Will it mean that safe medical procedures will be much more restrictive? Will many more women die?


• If the Senate passes the bill and the President signs it and it becomes law, will this legislation stand? Is such a law unconstitutional?

To interview Professor Law, please contact Joan M. Dim at 212.998.6849, joan.dim@nyu.edu or call Professor Law directly at 845.679.5445. Print and radio media only.

10/03/03