In an astute article published by the Politico, the Family Research Council's Chris Gacek suggests that April's Supreme Court decision to uphold the "partial-birth abortion ban" may have opened a new phase in abortion jurisprudence - "one in which abortion is largely permitted though disdained."
Here's what's interesting:
... What may be surprising is how greatly both sides of the abortion debate may have misread Kennedy in the past.Consequently, with Kennedy now the "fifth" vote in abortion cases, the recent decision suggests that he is poised to enforce Casey's more restrictive language.Many well-informed observers believe that Kennedy was set to overturn Roe v. Wade in 1992 in the case of Planned Parenthood v. Casey. At some point while the decision was being written, he changed sides and joined Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and David Souter in their decisive plurality opinion that affirmed Roe while emphasizing each state's "legitimate and substantial interest in preserving and promoting fetal life."
Don't miss the rest of Gacek's article - click here.
I, as all Wiccans do, hold all life as sacred. That's why abortion is so abhorrent. Hope you're right about Kennedy.
Despite Kennedy's position don't you think he is still a diehard pro-abort? I mean, he might be for restrictions but he still embraces Roe.