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...Roe v. Wade. Sometimes those seem like the most contentious words in American law. Short and unassuming though they are, they connote other, more explosive terms: abortion and murder, morality and privacy, the right to life and the right to choose. Attached to those words are some of the most intractable passions in American life. Writing about medical advances that improve the chances for a fetus to survive outside the womb, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor once declared that the 1973 decision was "on a collision course with itself." Sixteen years after Roe obliged all 50 states...
This week a Supreme Court refashioned by Ronald Reagan will hear arguments in William L. Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, a case that could lead to Roe's being seriously weakened or even reversed. Either outcome would mean a new world, one in which abortions could be banned in many states or made greatly more difficult to get. After years in which court dictates let politicians dodge the whole roiling issue, abortion would be forced back into the political arena. Back to state legislatures and referenda. Back to lawmakers and voters...
...life advance guard is now represented by the shock troops of Operation Rescue chaining themselves to the doorways of abortion clinics. And when more than 300,000 abortion-rights marchers poured through the streets of Washington a few weeks ago, it was clear that the threat to Roe has jolted the desultory pro-choice movement back to life. "You can't expect it to remain peaceful in these circumstances," says Ruth Pakaluk, president of Massachusetts Citizens for Life. "It's like the Civil War. There is no suitable middle ground...
...hear more from us about who the opposition is," Ireland vowed. "We're going to name names,...then let the majority of people in this country who stand behind Roe v. Wade make their own decision about who to vote for and where to spend their money...
...Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973. The court will hear arguments April 26 in a Missouri case that could result in a reversal or weakening of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision...