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WIDELY expected to be a definitive ruling on the legality of abortion in this country, last week's Webster v. Missouri Reproductive Health Services decision accomplished the opposite--instead of deciding the issue, it opened the doors for further discussion...
...Supreme Court's nine justices, split as widely as the rest of the population, temporarily deferred on the issue of abortion to the people, through their state legislatures. Although some anti-abortion activists are claiming victory after Webster, the Court's decision to allow state legislatures to place some restrictions on abortion merely signals the start of the battle...
...Prior to Webster, all debate focused on whether or not Roe should be overturned, but no alternate systems for continuing legal abortion were considered. Now the issue has been reopened with nothing taken for granted, which is why anti-abortion activists view Webster as a victory, and pro-choice proponents are despondent...
...immediate wake of the Webster ruling it appears that pro-choice activists will marshall support for an active campaign to stop this backslide and prevent the anti-choice forces from gaining any further political strength. However, given that this issue will be up in the air for at least another year, it is uncertain whether that activism will be maintained at the level of intensity which it must be to make a real difference...
When hundreds of thousands of men and women arrived in Washington this spring to march for women's reproductive rights, it was obvious that this was an issue that people would rally around. And people were easily gathered to protest the Webster decision--it was a specific event that called for action...