Word: wade
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...court had grazed the issue by upholding the Administration's ban on abortion counseling in federally funded clinics. But though Souter joined in that vote, his views on a total ban on abortion are unknown, and Sandra Day O'Connor has implied a reluctance to toss out Roe v. Wade altogether. Thus pressure is building on the President to nail down an antiabortion majority once and for all -- or, says a pro-life leader, "there'll be hell...
Framers of Louisiana's bill hope it can provide the test case that will prompt the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. But Louisiana's law is competing for that distinction against existing laws in three other jurisdictions...
...next term, which begins in October, the court will probably have a clear opportunity to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that granted women the constitutional right to have an abortion -- just as the presidential election season gets under way. Last week both houses of the Louisiana legislature overrode Governor Buddy Roemer's veto of a bill that would prohibit virtually all abortions, except to save the life of the mother or in some cases of rape or incest. The new law was rushed before a federal judge in New Orleans, who will hold a hearing next month...
...more unmarried, young and sick women will give birth, and, predictably, more babies will die. A review of the most respected medical literature by Barbara Starfield concluded that reduced access to family planning is the second most important contributor to infant death in the first month. (Before Roe v. Wade, it was the first...
While the ruling does not directly threaten the fundamental right to an abortion granted under the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the court divided over the practical consequences for the 4 million women who rely on Title X ) funding. In his majority opinion, Chief Justice William Rehnquist contended that the ban on abortion counseling leaves a woman "in no different position than she would have been if the government had not enacted Title X." Blackmun, who had penned the Roe decision, differed sharply, pointing to the 1988 regulation that requires clinic staff members to answer all abortion inquiries with...