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...sooner had the Supreme Court announced that it was narrowly upholding Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 case that found a constitutional right to abortion, than both pro-choice and pro-life forces were bitterly denouncing it. The decision hewed carefully to the middle ground between the two groups. Yet, coming from a court dominated by conservatives, it was actually a remarkable declaration of judicial independence...
...David Souter), their decision proved that presidential efforts to give the high court a particular ideological tilt can be a very inexact science. In the past 12 years, Reagan and Bush sent five Justices to the Supreme Court, enough for a majority, and all were expected to vote against Roe...
...Harry Blackmun and John Paul Stevens -- stated, "Some of us as individuals find abortion offensive to our most basic principles of morality, but that cannot control our decision. Our obligation is to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code." Despite this affirmation of Roe, the court permitted greater restrictions on abortion by the states. In a 7-to-2 vote, the three were joined by Justices William Rehnquist, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Byron White (all of whom had scathingly dissented from the affirmation of Roe) in upholding provisions of Pennsylvania's law. Among them...
...right to abortion. While both chambers are expected to pass such a bill, Bush is certain to veto it, ensuring that abortion will be a major issue in the presidential election. At stake, of course, is the right to name future Justices -- and as Blackmun, the original author of Roe, pointed out, the case is only one vote away from being overruled. "I am 83 years old," he wrote. "I cannot remain on this court forever, and when I do step down, the confirmation process for my successor well may focus on the issue before us today." (See related stories...
ABORTION IS NO LONGER A "CATHOLIC ISSUE" IN THE U.S. -- if it ever was. Last September the biggest Lutheran body adopted a moderate pro-life policy. Two months ago, the Southern Baptist Convention filed its first joint Supreme Court brief alongside Catholics, urging abolition of the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. The United Methodist Church almost pulled out of a pro-choice lobby it helped establish...