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Jennifer A. Dunne '89, founder of the coalition, said she started the organization because it is crucial for students to show their support for abortion rights because the Supreme Court is about to review a decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services that could overturn Roe v. Wade. That case legalized abortion...
...decision represents the mostserious threat since 1973 to the right for womento choose an abortion," says President of theAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) NormanDorsen, "the reaction from religious,professional, medical and public serviceorganizations, as well as... academia,demonstrates a strong public sentiment to preservethe constitutional principles established in theoriginal Roe decision...
...issue is whether knitting needles andwhispered conversations will return if the courtoverturns the Roe decision...
According to Jan Carroll, a legislativedirector of the National Right to Life Committee,the Court could uphold the provisions of theMissouri statute without overturning Roe."But we do think it's a likely place for the Courtto begin the erosion of Roe v. Wade," sheadds...
Professor of Law Charles Fried, solicitorgeneral during the Reagan administration, willpresent the Court with President Bush's stance.Fried has already submitted a brief recommendingthat the Court use Webster as a test caseand review Roe...