Word: court
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Forty-seven percent of people sampled in a Los Angeles Times poll after the decision agreed with the Court while 40 percent disagreed with it. In the same poll, 40 percent of people felt their state legislatures should tighten regulations on abortion while another 40 percent felt that their state laws should remain the same...
RATHER than reproduce a legislative structure for legal abortion, the Court--led by the unwillingness of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to overturn Roe--established a political forum within which the forces on both sides of the issue can mobilize and establish clearly the aspects of abortion laws that Americans support...
...choosing to accept three cases involving abortion in its next term, the Supreme Court has sent a clear signal that it is ready and willing to make a definitive decision on the issue of abortion when the time and political atmosphere are appropriate...
...this is where that pro-choice majority must seize the opportunity handed down by the Supreme Court to demand that their sentiments be represented in a workable legal framework...
George Will aptly called the Webster decision a "pre-climax." Whatever label you attach to it, the Supreme Court has established the greatest test for democracy, taking a controversial issue and returning it to the people. Whether or not you despise the rhetoric behind the decision, one must applaud the principle behind the decision...