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...lawyer, is obligated to uphold some restrictions the state did enact. So which one is angling for the pro-choice vote? Guess again. Thompson's vetoes were cast on the ground that the legislation involved was unconstitutional under Roe v. Wade. But after the Supreme Court's Webster decision last week suggested that those restrictions might be constitutional after all, the Governor called for more time to study the ruling. Hartigan went the other way. Pressured by abortion-rights activists who insisted they would never "endorse anyone who is not unequivocally for choice and willing to say so," Hartigan uttered...
...precisely what happened. Seven of the nine Justices emerged from behind the red velvet curtain and took their seats. In the hushed chamber, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist read in his singsong, quivering voice excerpts of the long-awaited decision of the divided court in the case of Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. Before he was through, it was clear that the country was about to be plunged into the most corrosive political struggle it has experienced since the debate over the Viet...
...would have imagined that Ronald Reagan and Anthony Scalia would do for the Woman's Movement what the National Organization for Woman could never do? The Supreme Court decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services, which gave states more latitude in implementing abortion restrictions, has finally given gender politics a much needed shove...
...people marching in Washington; the spontaneous rallies the day the decision was announced; the July Fourth protests that brought together thousands--women's organizations have not seen this kind of activity in years. Those who were expecting the Webster case to be a major setback for woman may find that it will become just the opposite...
George Will aptly called the Webster decision a "pre-climax." Whatever label you attach to it, the Supreme Court has established the greatest test for democracy, taking a controversial issue and returning it to the people. Whether or not you despise the rhetoric behind the decision, one must applaud the principle behind the decision...