(Ruth Bader) Ginsburg Criticizes Roe v. Wade Abortion Ruling (Huh???)

Citizen Link ^ | 10/28/2008 | Stephen Adams

[Lancey Howard]

At 1/1, it's easy to say "It's legal, therefore it's ok."

The Supreme Court never said abortion was "legal". The court went way, way beyond that and declared abortion a "Constitutional right". They based this ruling on an emanation from a penumbra. Almost everybody with the faintest of law backgrounds has been shaking their heads over that one for about 35 years.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Ginsburg also lamented the “rallying point” it provided for launching the pro-life movement.

Thios point can be seen as the whole reason for her comments.

Surely, she cannot actually mean what she seems to be saying about Roe v. Wade.

[jackibutterfly]

So, how did SHE vote???

[FlyVet]

But the average person out on the street thinks “legal” and doesn’t care about the details.

[Hunton Peck]

On Roe v. Wade? Ginsburg was more than two decades away from being appointed to the court when that case was decided. She didn't have a vote.

And anyone who thinks that Buzzi's seen the light or moved to the right should read Cicero's post #26. Her point is entirely political and pragmatic, not principled. She's only worried that R v. W awoke a sleeping giant, thereby getting the religious Right involved in the political process in a way they hadn't been before (a worry she shares with many a liberal Republican -- aka RINO).

[Hunton Peck]

Hmm. Sleeping Giant, Boiling Frog. Sounds like a weird Chinese movie.

[wagglebee]

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