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...Webster v. Reproductive Health Services is not the first case on abortion that has come before the Court in the past 15 years. Until now, the Court has reaffirmed its 1973 decision that abortion is an issue to be decided between a woman and her doctor, and that state regulation of abortion beyond a limited point is a violation of the constitutional right to privacy...
...When the Webster case was presented to the Supreme Court, the Justices could have chosen not to schedule the case for argument, but to rule on it with a summary decision that would not affect Roe. They chose instead to hear the case...
Immediately after it was announced that the Webster case would be heard--and probably ruled on--this spring, the White House sent a brief to the Court urging it to use this case to overturn Roe, This caused an immediate outcry from pro-choice groups around the country...
Although these groups are concerned that the Court's decision to hear Webster means that it will completely overturn its decision in Roe, it seems more likely that the Court will modify its decision, allowing states more control over regulations on abortion clinics...
...like Lori. The reason: they fear that the high court, with its newly conservative majority, may tamper with the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. Last week the court seemed to take a tentative step in that direction by announcing that it will hear Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. The case involves a 1986 Missouri abortion law that would have put a number of obstacles in the way of a woman seeking abortion...