Word: roe
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...again that he has no backbone or true conviction. In recent months he has been an ardent pro-lifer, responding in part to the harsh attacks mounted by his ultra-conservative challenger, Patrick Buchanan. He has supported the movement that is gaining steam throughout the country to reverse Roe v. Wade...
Deaths from abortion occur most often because of infection, which is usually avoidable if doctors prescribe penicillin. In the pre-Roe v. Wade era, the number of mothers' deaths from abortion decreased for 30 years because of the advent of penicillin's use. It did not decrease, as pro-choicers argue, because of the availability of legal abortion. There is nothing inherently safer about a legal abortion. If there were, pro-abortion women who wish abortions to continue if Roe is reversed would not now be learning how to perform abortions...
Ferraro added that this election season will be crucial to the pro-choice movement. The Supreme Court is expected to decide this year on a case that could overturn the 1973 decision of Roe v. Wade, which gave states greater freedom to determine the legality of abortion...
Abortion rights have come under increased scrutiny during the last few months as an upcoming Supreme Court case has raised the possibility of a reversal of the court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. In addition, the Freedom of Choice Act, which would codify the Roe decision, was recently introduced in Congress...
Rachel E. Cohen '94, a member of Students for Choice, opened the first portion of the debate by stressing theimportance of upholding Roe v. Wade. Shewarned of the "frightening prospect" of illegalabortions...