Ginsburg: I thought Roe was to rid undesirables

WND ^ | 7/8/09 | staff

[pissant]

In an astonishing admission, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she was under the impression that legalizing abortion with the 1973 Roe. v. Wade case would eliminate undesirable members of the populace, or as she put it "populations that we don't want to have too many of."

Her remarks, set to be published in the New York Times Magazine this Sunday but viewable online now, came in an in-depth interview with Emily Bazelon titled, "The Place of Women on the Court."

(snip)

Question: Are you talking about the distances women have to travel because in parts of the country, abortion is essentially unavailable, because there are so few doctors and clinics that do the procedure? And also, the lack of Medicaid for abortions for poor women?

Ginsburg: Yes, the ruling about that surprised me. [Harris v. McRae – in 1980 the court upheld the Hyde Amendment, which forbids the use of Medicaid for abortions.] Frankly I had thought that at the time Roe was decided, there was concern about population growth and particularly growth in populations that we don't want to have too many of. So that Roe was going to be then set up for Medicaid funding for abortion. Which some people felt would risk coercing women into having abortions when they didn't really want them. But when the court decided McRae, the case came out the other way. And then I realized that my perception of it had been altogether wrong.

[Gondring]

Ginsburg: I thought Roe was to rid undesirables

Can someone please point to me where she said this in the original source?

In fact, she is arguing directly against that as her view--stating that was her understanding of why some people wanted Medicare to cover abortions.

This looks like another typical distortion of WND, a group that makes the MSM look like the most honest choir boys!

WorldNutDaily might want to look into those Commandment things, especially the "False Witness" part.

[Gondring]

uh, Medicaid :-)

[pissant]

Nonsense. She didn’t even realize eugenics wasn’t Roe’s intent until 1980.

So the ONLY pertinent question is - Did she support Roe prior to her self admitted 1980 revelation?

[adversarial]

I wonder who exactly those “undesirables” are?

Conservatives...of course

[Munz]

>I wonder who exactly those “undesirables” are? <

well we will be in a few short years if we aren’t already

[SupplySider]

Right out of Liberal Fascism

I'm reading that now. I knew Jonah Goldberg was a smart fellow, but in fact he is brilliant, and researched the book to an amazing degree.

After reading most of the book, I am, sadly, not surprised by Justice Ginsburg's views. The Left has a long association with racist eugenics.

[Clinging Bitterly]

You saying she might be considered a “useless eater”?

[RegulatorCountry]

I’m saying she would be considered such under the philosophy she espouses herself.

[OldDeckHand]

If Antonin Scalia had said this (or even Clarence Thomas), he would have been run out of town on a rail. Overt and even prideful racism on display, disgusting.

[TheConservativeParty]

Well at least she told the truth that other liberals won’t, they want to be able to kill not yet born Americans at will, and that liberals are racist by nature. IMHO, all who vote for and “believe in” abortion, will spend eternity in hell. They will frolic while on this side of the dirt, but will pay for all eternity for supporting the legal murder of children.

[the Real fifi]

Yes, but like the WSJ’s Taranto, I believe in context she was describing what she thought of the public mood at the time Roe was decided, not her own views. It was inartful to be sure, but in context I think it is not what her critics say she said.

[Clinging Bitterly]

Indeed she would. And it seems she’s OK with it (I mean if one can believe what she says).

[fullchroma]

Thanks, fifi.

FReeper "Madamemayhem" suggested to me the same thing (post 109) and my reply to you is the same:

That’s reasonable, you’re probably right. (And isn’t it always better to give the benefit of the doubt?)

Cheers!

[pankot]

Impeach her shriveled old butt!

[Plutarch]

`If they would rather die,'' said Scrooge, ``they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population. Besides -- excuse me -- I don't know that.''

``But you might know it,'' observed the gentleman.

``It's not my business,'' Scrooge returned. `

[MeekOneGOP]

Just wait until we get a REAL racist (Sonia Sotomayor)
on SCOTUS !!

So sorry for the LATE ...

Ping! Ping! Ping!

... to this article. :)

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank YOU! :)

bump!

[wardaddy]

In an astonishing admission, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she was under the impression that legalizing abortion with the 1973 Roe. v. Wade case would eliminate undesirable members of the populace, or as she put it "populations that we don't want to have too many of."

wow...and coming from a Jew...my God, this woman needs to find the Lord...incredible...even at my angriest when facing certain groups that loathe my Southern Christian Peckerwood arse, I never feel that way towards them as groups especially about my foe's children

[Steve Van Doorn]

It seems clear to me she is saying, 'I had thought as (a group) population growth was to high.' 'particularly populations that were not desirable.'

Can you please reword it to what you believe she might of been saying? I don't see what you are attempting to say.