Attorney General’s Statement on the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals’ Decision Upholding Virginia’s Ban on Partial-Birth Infanticide

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

June 24, 2009

Contact: David Clementson
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RICHMOND – Attorney General Bill Mims released the following statement on the 6-5 ruling today by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upholding Virginia’s ban on partial-birth infanticide:   

“I am pleased that the Fourth Circuit has upheld the constitutionality of Virginia’s ban on partial-birth infanticide. Attorneys General Kilgore, Jagdmann, McDonnell and I have defended this statute over the last six years. This is a law that passed both houses of the General Assembly with bi-partisan support. While we anticipate that the U.S. Supreme Court may be asked to review the decision, I am confident that the Supreme Court ultimately will uphold the law.”