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To: Reagan Man

Roe does not make abortion on demand legally acceptable in the third trimester. I am pretty sure in most states, you can’t get an abortion at that point in time unless it’s to save the life of the mother.

Yes, abortion rights have expanded since Roe, but Roe pretty much allows states to regulate as time goes on.

I have to reread Casey, but I don’t think it’s as broad of an expansion of Roe as Ninofan makes it out to be.


140 posted on 04/18/2007 7:46:26 AM PDT by NYRepublican72
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To: NYRepublican72

Uh, I didn’t make it out to be a broad expansion of Roe. Please learn to read.

The Court REJECTED the trimester framework of Roe in Casey. That is now DEAD, DEAD, DEAD. The Court instead used the undue burden standard. In many cases, that is considered to be a weaker standard than what once existed. For a better understanding, please read Casey, and then read Justice Kennedy’s dissent in Stenberg to see his understanding of the opinion he helped craft in Casey.


152 posted on 04/18/2007 7:49:04 AM PDT by NinoFan
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To: NYRepublican72
There are no time limits on abortion in any state. Abortion can be performed for any reason up to the moment of birth.

This decision specifically bans a procedure and does not set any time limits.

164 posted on 04/18/2007 7:53:17 AM PDT by garv (Conservatism in '08 www.draftnewt.org)
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To: NYRepublican72
I am pretty sure in most states, you can’t get an abortion at that point in time [3rd trimester] unless it’s to save the life of the mother.

Then you are very ignorant of the state of abortion law.

Please read up before misleading more people.

193 posted on 04/18/2007 8:00:41 AM PDT by JohnnyZ ("I respect and will protect a woman's right to choose" -- Mitt Romney, April 2002)
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To: NYRepublican72

To reiterate, Casey explicitly rejected the trimester framework. That’s no longer good law on the federal level.

Furthermore, it also changed the standard used for analyzing abortion laws from a stricter standard to the not-as-strict “undue burden” standard. The Court declined to overrule the central holding of Roe, but it did weaken it in that case.


210 posted on 04/18/2007 8:04:57 AM PDT by NinoFan
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