Another court says no New Jersey lawmakers overrode Gov. Christie Whitman's veto of a partial-birth abortion ban in December 1997, only to have it thrown out by a federal judge. Twenty-eight states have passed similar laws, according to the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy. Pro-abortion legal activists in 19 states have won court or state action to partially or totally block these laws, however, using claims that they are vaguely worded or lack health exceptions. The congregation of 30-40, including children, was trapped inside its meeting hall until local police escorted members to safety. Haredim Jews claimed the congregation was planning to baptize Jewish children at the Saturday service.
Congregants deny that.
The congregation has existed in a mostly Christian area for years but has grown recently with the influx of Russian and Romanian immigrants, sparking opposition. He said Mr. Netanyahu is trying to keep all corners of his coalition happy. A law prohibiting the proselytizing of Jews is pending in the Knesset. For the first time since the storm, he spoke with his mother, Maria Mejea, a farmer in Honduras' west-central town of Catacamas. She was safe, and her house survived both wind and deluge.