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...Clinics The Justices did not disturb the constitutional right to an abortion but made it illegal to discuss the procedure in federally funded centers "Government . . . may validly choose to fund childbirth over abortion." -- CHIEF JUSTICE WILLIAM REHNQUIST, THE MAJORITY OPINION "This is a course nearly as noxious as overruling Roe directly . . ." -- JUSTICE HARRY BLACKMUN, IN DISSENT...
Thus, we find extremists dominating the current discourse (ORGASM and AALARM), while the liberals have lost the motivation to argue intelligently for their positions. It is not a defense of liberal values to say that an opponent is "racist" or "homophobic," and as the current assault on Roe v. Wade shows, liberals must be careful not to fall into the complacency of an established position...
Ironically, it was the Supreme Court's decision creating a right to abortion in Roe v. Wade that also provided some of the legal underpinning for fetal rights. The same ruling recognized a government interest in protecting the fetus during the last trimester of pregnancy. But while judges had a hand in creating fetal rights, courts will never be able to ensure real protection to an unborn child. That will have to come from mothers who take responsibility for the lives they carry within them -- and a nation willing to provide the fetus with real prenatal care...
...claims of superior understanding is a pretty daunting turn in race relations, sexual-orientation relations, gender relations. I have no doubt that being white keeps me from knowing exactly, and personally, what's going on in Black culture. But can you imagine how unconvincing the argument for upholding Roe v. Wade would be if all that was said to men is that "It's a woman's thing. You wouldn't understand...
...bachelor from Weare, N.H., keenly senses that he has been chosen by Bush and history to cast perhaps the deciding vote on whether to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that made abortion legal in all states. He gave scant comfort to either side on that issue, flatly refusing to discuss Roe even in the wake of lengthy grilling by committee chairman Joseph Biden. Though he acknowledged the right of married couples to privacy, he refused to budge further in discussing either privacy or abortion rights. When asked whether he could understand the anguish of a woman facing...