John M. Thorp, Jr., M.D., and Matercare International
Amici Curiae
Dorinda C. Bordlee, Counsel of RecordJohn M. Thorp, Jr., M.D. is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina. Matercare International is a nonprofit international organization of Catholic health professionals. Dorinda C. Bordlee is executive director of the Bioethics Defense Fund, which focuses on sanctity-of-life issues. She received her law degree from Loyola University in 1990. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on May 22, 2006.The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is a constitutionally valid prohibition of a procedure that Congress appropriately…
