Oh wow. Good to know. Thank you. Sad situation if the 1st Catholic President had appointed someone for abortion.
Goldberg was for abortion. He was one of the major forces behind Griswold v. Connecticut in 1965, which struck down contraceptive laws and was later used as "precedent" in Roe v. Wade. He just wasn't on the court when Roe v. Wade was decided. If he had been, he would have certainly joined the liberal bloc in voting to strike down laws restricting abortion.
And Kennedy was only "Catholic" on paper. JFK openly opposed the Catholic church's conservative social teachings.