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Amid pro-life protest outside: - Democrats host Blumenthal
Wilton Bulletin, The (CT) - Thursday, March 11, 2004
Author: JEFF YATES

State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal received two very different receptions when he arrived at the Democratic Town Committee’s breakfast meeting on Saturday. While a group of 20 pro-life protesters stood on New Canaan Road denouncing Mr. Blumenthal ‘s role in the Roe v. Wade decision of 1973, approximately 95 Democrats from Wilton applauded him for the very same reason.

“He was the law clerk for Justice Blackmun, who penned Roe v. Wade,” said Annie Banno, leader of Operation Outcry, a post-abortive women’s support group.

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Blumenthal testifies in D.C. for national abortion-rights standard
New Haven Register (CT) - Thursday, March 5, 1992
Author: Tamara Lytle - Register Washingtn Bureau
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Wednesday called for a national standard protecting the basic right to have an abortion.

“The ability of a woman to control her procreative capacity is fundamental to her rights to privacy and equality,” Blumenthal said. “A federal role is appropriate when such an important right is involved.”

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But state laws would not necessarily be pre-empted, said Blumenthal , who as a state senator in 1989 helped write Connecticut’s law ensuring abortion rights even if the Supreme Court overturns the constitutional protections they now have. Connecticut’s law requires that minors receive counseling.

Blumenthal started his legal career as a clerk to Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, who wrote the Roe v. Wade decision.