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...exercised by 1.6 million U.S. women each year -- some rich, some poor; some barely out of childhood, some close to middle age; nearly a fifth married, the rest single. But in the eyes of many Americans, the right to abortion, established by the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, is not a right at all, but a wrong...
...years opponents of abortion have directed their energies toward overturning the hated decision. Now, with George Bush's capture of the presidency, many believe victory is almost at hand. "I think we see the end of the tunnel and the demise of Roe v. Wade," proclaims Clarke Forsythe, legal director of Americans United for Life. With the Republican win, insists John Willke, president of the National Right to Life Committee...
...battle over Roe v. Wade will not be won or lost in the Oval Office or in state legislatures. The showdown will take place where the struggle began: in the Supreme Court. Though the court has not yet agreed to hear an abortion-related case this term, Thornburgh's Justice Department wasted no time in its efforts to place the subject on the docket. Just two days after the election, it filed a brief asking the high court to hear a case from Missouri. "If the court is prepared to reconsider Roe v. Wade," argued the document, "this case presents...
...case, Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, involves a Missouri statute that states that life begins at conception and that no public funds can be used to perform an abortion or to counsel women about this option. The statute was originally drafted in 1985 with an eye toward reversing Roe v. Wade. "We hoped all along this law would get up before the U.S. Supreme Court," says Samuel Lee of Missouri Citizens for Life. "We think this is the right time...
Whether or not the court agrees to hear this particular case, Lee is not alone in thinking that it may be presently disposed to overrule Roe. "I think there's a very distinct possibility that it will -- this term," said Justice Harry Blackmun in September. According to the man who wrote the embattled decision, "you can count the votes." Four Justices -- William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Sandra Day O'Connor and Byron White -- are believed to be against Roe. Speculation centers on the possible fifth and deciding vote, that of the newest Justice, Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy's record is conservative...