United States: Justice Department drops efforts to obtain abortion records.(North America)(Brief Article) From: off our backs | Date: May 1, 2004| Author: Bunyan, Chris; Christian, Sena | COPYRIGHT 2004 Off Our Backs, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

On April 27, the Justice Department dropped efforts to obtain abortion records. The Department withdrew a subpoena for medical records from the New York Presbyterian Hospital and will not appeal rulings in other courts that could push back a ruling on the Federal Abortion Ban.

The Department chose to abandon the fight after realizing that the hospital was prepared to take the case to the Supreme Court.

The decision comes after several attempts and failures by t...

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