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- From: cookc@aix.rpi.edu (rocker)
- Subject: Re: Roe v. Wade is unrestricted abortion-on-demand
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- References: <1993Jan17.163348.11517@watson.ibm.com> <1993Jan17.181902.6397@ncsu.edu> <1993Jan17.232319.19184@watson.ibm.com> <1993Jan20.230522.3550@ncsu.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 07:41:54 GMT
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- dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
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- >In article <1993Jan17.232319.19184@watson.ibm.com>
- >margoli@watson.IBM.com writes:
- >> Pennsylvania has abortion restrictions. These restrictions were found by
- >> the Supreme Court to be constitutional in PP v. Casey.
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- >The Pennslyvania restrictions passed the new ``undue burden''
- >test which the Court revealed in Planned Parenthood v. Casey.
- >Prior to PP v. Casey, the restrictions would have failed to pass
- >the test outlined in Roe v. Wade, which held that abortion is
- >a ``fundamental'' right. (I believe similar restrictions had
- >been struck down before as being unconstitutional).
-
- >> This was done without overturning Roe v. Wade.
-
- >It was done by modifying the test by which abortion
- >restrictions could pass constitutional muster.
-
- So when are you going to modify your .sig to say "...evidence that Roe
- v. Wade used to mean abortion-on-demand..."?
-
- >Doug Holtsinger
-
- -rocker
- happy to see dougie refuting his own statements
-