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Nevertheless, O'Connor is the pro-choice movement's best hope in the three abortion cases that the court agreed to hear in its next term, which begins in October. Two of the cases involve parental notification; the third, from Illinois, requires that facilities where abortions are performed must meet stringent hospital-level licensing standards, a step so costly that it could force many clinics to shut down. Any of the cases could give the Justices an opportunity to attack Roe directly...
...tolerance for the thinking of the other side. The same process might persuade pro-lifers to acknowledge that a fetus does not develop in a vacuum but entwined in the flesh of another human being with rights and a life that could unravel if the pregnancy is carried to term...
...they discover they have a lot in common. They both love Casablanca. They both have recently ended long-term relationships. They are both miserable...
...problem is whether you want them to suffer longer or to suffer shorter," says Ye. There is no getting around the fact that people would be hurt by sanctions, he says. But in the long-term, people will suffer more in a repressive government, he adds...
...choosing to accept three cases involving abortion in its next term, the Supreme Court has sent a clear signal that it is ready and willing to make a definitive decision on the issue of abortion when the time and political atmosphere are appropriate...