Judge Rules Against Partial-Birth Abortion Law
Tue Jun 1, 2004 02:26 PM ET

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A controversial ban on late-term, or partial-birth, abortions signed into law by President Bush late last year was ruled unconstitutional on Tuesday by a judge in the first federal court decision against the law.

San Francisco-based U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton said the law was unconstitutional because it was vague and posed an "undue burden" on abortion rights.