Word: roe
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rooted in the Roe vs. Wade decision, his memoryextends beyond the courtroom. Friends andcolleagues recounted the devoted relationshipBlackmun shared with his wife Dorothy--whom heaffectionately called Dottie--since their 1941marriage...
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun '29, the author of the controversial Roe vs. Wade decision upholding legalized abortion, died yesterday...
...Blackmun wrote the majority opinion is Roe vs. Wade, which asserted for women a right to abortion...
This Friday, the 26th annual March for Life will take place in Washington, D.C. Thousands of anti-abortion protesters will gather on the Mall to advocate the revocation of Roe v. Wade and the adoption of a "human life amendment to the Constitution." But even as long-standing peaceful demonstrations and anti-abortion legislation attempts continue, a disturbing minority of anti-abortion activists are shifting the real battle against Roe from philosophical opposition towards pursuits of violence against abortion providers...
...federal and state governments have a responsibility to do more than just uphold the ideas of Roe and defend against antiabortion legislation--they must take tangible steps to strengthen the 1994 Act and protect both clinics and providers as much as possible. While free speech, however hateful, cannot be silenced, a strong show of physical protection on the part of the government can go a long way to protecting abortion rights. For example, here in Massachusetts, a bill to create a 25-foot buffer zone at clinic entrances and driveways, which has already passed the Senate, should immediately be passed...