Intact dilation and extraction is a surgical procedure that removes an intact fetus from the uterus. The procedure is used both after miscarriages and for abortions in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy.
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is a United States law prohibiting a form of late termination of pregnancy called "partial-birth abortion",referred to in medical literature as intact dilation and extraction. Under this law,any physician "who,in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce,knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years,or both". The law was enacted in 2003,and in 2007 its constitutionality was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Gonzales v. Carhart.
Michael Dean Crapo is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Idaho,a seat he has held since 1999. A member of the Republican Party,Crapo served as the U.S. representative for Idaho's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 1999. He is the dean of Idaho's congressional delegation,having served since 1993.
Alcee Lamar Hastings was an American politician and former judge from the state of Florida. He was notable for having been impeached and removed from office as a judge for bribery and perjury.
Laurence Henry Tribe is an American legal scholar who is a University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University. He previously served as the Carl M. Loeb University Professor at Harvard Law School.
John Henry Rutherford is an American politician and former police officer serving as the U.S. Representative from Florida's 5th congressional district since 2017. His district encompasses most of Jacksonville and most of its suburbs in Nassau and St. Johns counties,including St. Augustine.
Kenny Ewell Marchant is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 24th congressional district,from 2005 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party,he represented several areas around Dallas and Fort Worth.
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act was a bill introduced in the Congress of the United States in 1995 by Florida Representative Charles T. Canady which prohibited intact dilation and extraction,sometimes referred to as partial-birth abortion,which the bill described as "an abortion in which the person performing the abortion partially vaginally delivers a living fetus before killing the fetus and completing the delivery". In other words,the bill sought to eliminate abortion in the third trimester. The term "partial-birth abortion," coined by the Canady,has never been recognized by the American Medical Association or the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In November 1995,the House of Representatives passed the bill. Doctors convicted under the bill would receive a fine and up to a two-year prison sentence. The bill was passed by both chambers of Congress,but then vetoed by President Bill Clinton.
Jefferson H. Van Drew is an American politician and dentist serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 2nd congressional district since 2019. Formerly a Democrat,he has been a member of the Republican Party since 2020.
Howard Morgan Griffith is an American lawyer and politician who has been the U.S. representative for Virginia's 9th congressional district since 2011. The district covers a large swath of southwestern Virginia,including the New River Valley and the Virginia side of the Tri-Cities. He is a member of the Republican Party and the Freedom Caucus.
Daniel Alan Webster is an American businessman and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 11th congressional district since 2017. A member of the Republican Party,he first entered Congress in 2011. He represented Florida's 10th congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Before his congressional service,he served 28 years in the Florida legislature,and was the first Republican Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives since Reconstruction.
Lloyd Kenneth Smucker is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Pennsylvania's 11th congressional district,which includes Lancaster County and most of southern York County. He is a member of the Republican Party and represented the 16th district until the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania redrew it in 2018 due to gerrymandering. He was a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 13th district from 2009 to 2016.
William Gregory Steube is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district since 2019. His district is based in Sarasota. A member of the Republican Party,Steube served three terms in the Florida House of Representatives,representing the Sarasota-Manatee area from 2010 to 2016,as well as two years in the Florida Senate until 2018,representing Sarasota County and the western part of Charlotte County.
Douglas Allen Collins is an American lawyer and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 9th congressional district from 2013 to 2021.
Vincent Ross Spano is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative from Florida's 15th congressional district. The district stretches from Lakeland to the northeastern suburbs of Tampa. A Republican,he was first elected to Congress in the 2018 elections. He ran for reelection in the 2020 election but was defeated in the Republican primary.
Brian Philip Babin is an American dentist,politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. representative from Texas's 36th congressional district since 2015. The district includes much of southeastern Houston,some of its eastern suburbs,as well as Orange and some more exurban areas to the east.
Hurst v. Florida,577 U.S. 92 (2016),was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court,in an 8–1 ruling,applied the rule of Ring v. Arizona to the Florida capital sentencing scheme,holding that the Sixth Amendment requires a jury to find the aggravating factors necessary for imposing the death penalty. In Florida,under a 2013 statute,the jury made recommendations but the judge decided the facts.
In the United States,federal impeachment is the process by which the House of Representatives charges the president,vice president,or a civil federal officer for alleged misconduct. The House can impeach an individual with a simple majority of the present members or other criteria adopted by the House according to Article One,Section 2,Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution.
