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...stripped away by five reactionary men in black robes. Four sane judges and the rest of the country watch in horror. Privacy and personal freedom are quickly curtailed, while back-alley abortions and needless deaths spread like wildfire. Thus the bleak future predicted by many on the left if Roe v. Wade is overturned...
Overturning Roe would not outlaw abortion. Such an action would only eliminate a woman’s right to an abortion, and the issue itself would be left up to the states. Prior to Roe many states such as California and New York already allowed for abortion on demand and others were quickly following suit...
...that researches public opinion—found that approval of interracial marriage has risen dramatically since the civil rights era: from a mere 6 percent of the public approving in 1958 to 73 percent in 2003. Public support for abortion rights increased rapidly in the decade before the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, according to the University of Chicago’s General Social Survey. Since then, support for legal abortion has remained stable at a fairly high level, according to a survey from the University of Michigan’s National Election Studies...
...balance of power." But if a moderate or liberal Justice, such as John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg or Sandra Day O'Connor, retires, the balance on the bench will be at stake--particularly when it comes to the fate of the court's 1973 abortion ruling in Roe v. Wade, which conservatives have said they would like to overturn. If Bush tries to replace any of those Justices with younger, fire-breathing conservatives, said the official, "then it's a fight." --Reported by Matthew Cooper, Viveca Novak, Elaine Shannon and Douglas Waller/Washington and Cathy Booth Thomas/Houston
What I find a little peculiar is that one can be charged with murdering an unborn child in Scott Peterson’s situation, yet abortions are considered legal under the precedent of Roe v. Wade...