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- From: kevin@rotag.mi.org (Kevin Darcy)
- Subject: Re: Bray Decision (Re: Supreme Court Upholds Freedom of Speech
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.003638.27274@rotag.mi.org>
- Organization: Who, me???
- References: <1993Jan23.220415.14261@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1993Jan23.223128.7139@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1993Jan24.005658.19354@ncsu.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 00:36:38 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan24.005658.19354@ncsu.edu> dsh@eceyv.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger) writes:
- >
- > [...]
- >
- >SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
- >
- >Syllabus
- >
- >BRAY et al. v. ALEXANDRIA WOMEN'S HEALTH
- >CLINIC et al.
- >certiorari to the united states court of appeals for
- >the fourth circuit
- >No. 90-985. Argued October 15, 1991-Reargued October 6, 1992-
- >Decided January 13, 1993
- >
- > ...Respondents' claim that petitioners' opposition to
- > abortion reflects an animus against women in general must be
- > rejected. The ``animus'' requirement demands at least a purpose that
- > focuses upon women by reason of their sex, whereas the record
- > indicates that petitioners' demonstrations are not directed specifically
- > at women, but are intended to protect the victims of abortion, stop
- > its practice, and reverse its legalization. Opposition to abortion
- > cannot reasonably be presumed to reflect a sex-based intent; there
- > are common and respectable reasons for opposing abortion other than
- > a derogatory view of women as a class. This Court's prior decisions
- > indicate that the disfavoring of abortion, although only women engage
- > in the activity, is not ipso facto invidious discrimination against
- > women as a class. Pp.3-9.
-
- Ah, so discriminatory effect is NOT, _ipso facto_, a violation of Equal
- Protection.
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- Read it and weep, Mezias...
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- - Kevin
-