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Posted on 06/08/2009 4:21:42 PM PDT by wagglebee
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - More light has been shed on the pro-abortion leanings of Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor after news erupted of a brief Sotomayor apparently endorsed that urged the Supreme Court to uphold the "right" to abortion.
The amicus curiae brief, reported late last month by U.S. News and World Report's Bonnie Erbe, addressed the Supreme Court concerning the 1989 case Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. The case involved a complaint by various Missouri abortion providers against a state law defining conception as the beginning of life and disallowing public facilities to be used for abortions.
The Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF), on whose Board of Directors Sonia Sotomayor served at the time, was among the many pro-abortion interest groups that signed the brief.
In summarizing the interests of the petitioning parties, the brief states: "All Amici share an urgent concern that the Court clearly and unequivocally reaffirm Roe v. Wade.... They fear that any tampering with the right to abortion recognized in Roe will have a powerful, adverse impact on the liberty, equality and health of poor women and women of color."
The brief also argues that laws requiring abortions to be performed in hospitals would place undue burden on minority and low-income women seeking abortions.
"If, as a member of PRLDEF's board, Judge Sotomayor had objected to any of this language, she could have attempted to stop the group from lending its name to the amicus brief, and she did not," wrote Erbe. "Big sigh of relief from the pro-choice crowd!"
"Now we know why President Obama said that Judge Sotomayor shared his view of 'the Constitution' and why the White House reassured pro-abortion organizations," commented Americans United for Life Senior Counsel Clarke Forsythe.
"If Judge Sotomayor holds the position that she signed onto via the PRDF's brief, then, if an abortion-related case comes up on the docket, it will lead to her reading the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) into the Constitution by judicial interpretation."
The brief is significant as one more clue amid a relatively small pile of evidence that shines light on Sotomayor's thoughts on abortion. However, in the days since President Obama nominated her to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter, a clearer picture has emerged of Sotomayor as a steadily liberal nominee who is expected to uphold Roe v. Wade.
After meeting with Sotomayor last week, pro-abortion senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) agreed that the nominee made it "very clear" that she would not favor overturning Roe v. Wade.
A confirmation hearing for Sotomayor is expected to be scheduled in July.
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Three Senators Now Say Sotomayor Will Uphold Roe v. Wade
Senator Feinstein Assures Pro-Aborts: Sotomayor "Respects Precedent" Set by Roe v. Wade
Is Sotomayor a "Souter" on Roe v. Wade for the Abortion Movement? All Signs Point to No
"Women of color"? What about the nearly 20 MILLION "babies of color" who have been murdered since 1973?
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Imagine that
I think we’re talking about a number more like 45 millions since 1973, and I believe a large percentage of them were black. We may be talking 60 to 80%. That just seems like self-inflicted genocide to me.
And what about the rights of the unborn? I thought all beings on the planet were supposed to be covered by the U.S. Constitution accorded to the leftists. If they are then why not the unborn?
No, there have been just over 50 million abortions since 1973, between 35 and 40 have been black.
I may be misunderstanding you.
In post one you stated that around 20 million babies of color had been aborted since 1973. I stated I thought the total was around 45 million and the percentage around 60 to 80% Black. That would mean around 28 million to 38 million Black. That’s why I spoke up.
You corrected me upward to 50 million total, stating 35 to 40 million were black (at least I think that was your point). That would be 70 to 80% black, and way over the 20 million figure.
I’m not trying to be argumentative, but aren’t you basically agreeing with me that your first estimate (20 million) was low?
If you are now saying 35 to 40 million of the 50 million aborted were Black, we’re in agreement. I only wanted clarification, because I think your figures do confirm what I believe to be self-inflicted genocide. And that genocide is a sad fact. It’s sad that an old White guy seems to care more than Blacks do.
My fault, I reread my post and I left out the % symbol. Approximately 35 to 40 PERCENT of abortions are done on black women.
No problem. If you consider that only 10% of our populace is Black, for them to get up to the 35 to 40% range of the total, we’re talking about them having to have about 3.5 to 4 times the abortions Whites are having to get there.
That’s still a very unfortunate reality.
Thanks for providing the accurate information.
You are exactly right, abortion is extremely racist and blacks are exterminated at three times the rate whites are.
More blacks are killed in abortuaries EACH DAY than have died in ALL of the post-Civil War racial crimes.
Want to end abortion? Start a campaign to “Abort Minority Babies”. It’ll be seen as wrong and racist (rightfully so) and turn the bloody tide.
You know, it’s really sad to watch the Black community go wanting for someone who will tell it like it is with regard to morality and what is really detrimental to their race, and be recognized and celebrated for having done so.
Jessie Lee Peterson is one such man, but Blacks seem to ignore him in deference to the Black race baiters, that continually sell them out for a buck.
Pictures courtesy of Lesforlife.
Check out blackgenocide.org sometime.
Good point.
Looks like a place that should be frequented more by young Black women.
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