Word: roe
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...Meredith Osborn's "Defending Roe v. Wade" (Op-Ed, March 3): Osborn says that on early Saturday mornings anti-abortion activists gather to "threaten, abuse and physically block" the entrance to the abortion clinic (on Commonwealth Ave.). Yet it is not these protestors in peaceful prayer who give cause for alarm--but rather Osborn and others as they shout "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, born-again bigots go away!" to drown out the prayers of the crowd...
...Meredith Osborn's "Defending Roe v. Wade" (Op-Ed, March 3): Osborn says that on early Saturday mornings anti-abortion activists gather to "threaten, abuse and physically block" the entrance to the abortion clinic (on Commonwealth Ave.). Yet it is not these protestors in peaceful prayer who give cause for alarm-but rather Osborn and others as they shout "Racist, sexist, anti-gay, born-again bigots go away!" to drown out the prayers of the crowd...
...stands now, the hypocrisy of killing for people for "pro-life"' and lawlessness of these radicals stand as a direct affront to the constitution as defined by the Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade. Abortion rights activists must do more to defend their rights against these mounting threats. A lot has changed since 1992 when over 500 pro-choice demonstrators showed up at a Brighton, MA clinic to protect it from Operation Rescuers. Opponents of abortion rights have become even more resistant and violent, while pro-choicers have become increasingly apathetic. It is hard to find more than...
...Side, the rough side, who got scholarshipped to Harvard, came back to Minnesota to practice law and landed on the Supreme Court at 61, an age when a man thinks about cutting back. He was a conservative who defended civil liberties and championed the poor and oppressed and authored Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal, for which he received reams of hate mail, much of which he read. He was a man possessed of integrity and kindness. Every day after lunch, JUSTICE HARRY BLACKMUN took a walk to clear his head. He went out alone, in his navy blue...
Will it take a complete reversal of Roe v. Wade to convince Americans that abortion rights are seriously jeopardized? The advent of RU-486, the "abortion pill" may eventually make abortions more accessible to women whether or not they live near to a doctor who performs abortions. However, RU-486's entrance onto the United States market has been postponed indefinitely...