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SIXTEEN years after the Roe v. Wade decision, the days of legal abortion in the U.S. are nearly over. The 1973 Supreme Court decision guaranteeing the women the right to an abortion is likely to be substantially undermined--though not reversed--by the Rehnquist court...
...social changes produced by recriminalizing abortion doubtless would be enormous. But the most notable difference in an America without Roe could well be the transformation of American politics. If the high court overturns Roe, two distinct possibilities arise: Republicans could realize their ambition to capture a congressional majority, or they could lose their hold on the presidency...
...Roe decision has been in jeopardy since the Reagan administration committed itself to appointing antiabortion justices. This year, the court agreed to hear the case of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, in which the state of Missouri challenged the Roe decision. In 1986, the last time the Supreme Court considered the issue, it reaffirmed Roe by a 5-4 vote. But since then, Justice Lewis F. Powell, who voted with the majority, has been replaced by Justice Anthony Kennedy, whom many believe opposes Roe...
...ROE v. Wade is in danger. Nothing else could be more encouraging to abortion's opponents. At the same time, nothing should be more disheartening to opponents than the stark realization that the pro-choice movement is winning the long-term battle for public opinion, especially among our generation--a battle which will ultimately determine how long a reversal of Roe v. Wade would survive...
WHILE recent public attention has centered on whether or not the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade and thereby return the regulation of abortion to state legislatures, the increasingly conservative Supreme Court has already undercut another fundamental right--that to education...