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Abortion politics

Watch CNN's Candy Crowley report on the reaction to the Supreme Court's abortion ruling.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling banning a specific abortion procedure Wednesday is giving hope to the pro-life movement and causing concern among abortion rights activists, CNN's Candy Crowley reports.

The decision backs a federal law banning a rarely used abortion procedure generally performed in the the middle-to-late second trimester. The legal sticking point was that the law lacked a "health exception" for a woman who might suffer serious medical complications, something the justices have said in the past is necessary when considering abortion restrictions.

Six years ago, the high court rejected a similar ban, also a 5-4 decision.

What Changed?

First the White House, then the Supreme Court. (Related Video: CNN Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin weighs in on how the decision might affect Roe v. Wade.)
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