Word: roe
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GEORGE BUSH versus the Supreme Court. Last week, the mostly Reagan-Bush Court agreed to hear a Pennsylvania case that could possibly result in the reversal of Roe V. Wade. More bad news...
...rule debate is only the latest skirmish in a war over abortion that could injure Bush severely. The ultimate battle will be joined if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark abortion-rights decision, Roe v. Wade, before next year's election -- an action some pro-choice activists would ironically welcome. Planned Parenthood, for one, is eager to throw the issue into the political arena as quickly as possible, and so is urging the high court to consider immediately Pennsylvania's restrictive abortion law, on the assumption that the conservative Justices appointed by Bush and Ronald Reagan would use the occasion...
Nourse said the Coalition for Choice will hold a rally in January to celebrate the 19th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion...
...years a number of state laws restricting abortion have been winding through lower-court challenges toward a final showdown in the Supreme Court. Tracking their progress has been like witnessing a car crash in slow motion, because any of them might lead to an explosive ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that created abortion rights...
...court. The lower court approved provisions of the law requiring parental consent for minors and a 24-hour waiting period before abortions, but struck down a provision requiring husbands to give their consent when their wives seek an abortion. Though the Justices could uphold the Pennsylvania statute without overturning Roe, the decision will be closely watched for signs that the arrival of Clarence Thomas has consolidated a high- court majority that opposes abortion rights...