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...When asked about the likelihood that the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade, Schauer was skeptical...
...Precedent is not easily overturned,” he said. “We don’t yet have any particular indication that there are five justices on the court that would overturn Roe v. Wade or Planned Parenthood v. Casey...
...country where two thirds of the public does not want to see Roe vs. Wade overturned, but nearly as many favor stricter limits on abortion, pragmatic abortion opponents have pushed for parental notification laws, waiting periods, restrictions on late-term abortions: The strategy was to chip away at Roe to try to shrink it, change its shape, and over time promote a ?culture of life? that would view abortion less as a right than a tragedy, perhaps eventually a crime. That gradual approach requires a certain level of hypocrisy-or at least a willing suspension of moral belief-because...
...Which is what South Dakota now proposes to do. Lawmakers threw away the chisel, grabbed a sledgehammer and went at Roe with a fury, all but daring the Supreme Court to step in. The bill they passed last month, HB 1215, bans all abortion, including in cases of rape and incest, including cases that threaten the health of the mother; the only exception is if the mother?s survival itself is at risk, and even in those instances the doctor must ?make reasonable medical efforts under the circumstances to preserve both the life of the mother and the life...
...incest,? says Kate Looby, the state director of Planned Parenthood. Indeed, some abortion foes worried that the bill could do more harm than good, galvanizing abortion rights groups, alienating voters whose views are more mixed, and even prompting the Supreme Court to throw out the law, and fortify Roe in the process...