US Supreme Court unanimously dodges ruling on abortion

THE US Supreme Court steered clear of a major ruling on abortion yesterday, instead giving the northeastern state of New Hampshire a chance to save its parental notification law.

Justices, in a rare unanimous abortion ruling, agreed that the New Hampshire law could make it too hard for some ill children under 18 to get an abortion, but at the same time they were hesitant about stepping in to fix the 2003 statute.

They told a lower court to reconsider whether the entire law is unconstitutional.