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 WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court's endorsement of the first federal curbs on an abortion procedure in a generation suggests that even with Democrats in control of Congress, efforts to preserve abortion rights may be losing ground.
Both sides in the volatile abortion debate said they now expect a spate of efforts in several states to place further limits on abortion — and that a court reshaped by President Bush's conservative picks will be more willing to uphold them.
Meanwhile, abortion rights champions expressed little hope that efforts to enshrine in federal law that a woman has a right to choose could succeed in Congress.
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