Word: webster
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jennifer A. Dunne '89, founder of the coalition, said she started the organization because it is crucial for students to show their support for abortion rights because the Supreme Court is about to review a decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services that could overturn Roe v. Wade. That case legalized abortion...
Later this month, the Court will hear Webster v. Reproductive Health Services--the first case threatening Roe since the appointments of Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy tipped the Court's ideological balance to the right...
Professor of Law Charles Fried, solicitorgeneral during the Reagan administration, willpresent the Court with President Bush's stance.Fried has already submitted a brief recommendingthat the Court use Webster as a test caseand review...
...people have had no access to being able torestrict abortion," says Carroll. "The Court hasusurped all power in this area. It's time to turnthe issue back to the people."This brief is one of many sent to advise theSupreme Court in reviewing Webster...
...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 But since then, Justice Lewis F. Powell, who voted with the majority, has been replaced by Justice Anthony Kennedy, whom many believe opposes...