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Thursday, December 1, 2005

“Alito Sketched Strategy to Overturn Roe in ’85”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

The Boston Globe reports today that “Alito memo set goal to reverse Roe v. Wade; ’85 abortion view surfaces.”

USA Today reports that “Alito laid out plan ‘to nudge’ high court on abortion; He advised against frontal attack in ’85.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Alito crafted plan in ’85 to weaken Roe; Memo written while in Reagan administration.”

Newsday contains an article headlined “Alito’s anti-abortion ‘nudge.’

The New York Sun reports that “Alito Abortion Tack Mirrors O’Connor.”

The Washington Times reports that “Alito memo lays path to reverse Roe.”

And The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that “Specter lets Alito know he plans tough questions.”

Meanwhile, in commentary, Dalton Conley has an op-ed entitled “A Man’s Right to Choose” in The New York Times.

Posted at 7:15 AM by Howard Bashman



“Roberts, Justices Find Abortion Case Accord; Lawyers on both sides agree with proposal for a resolution that doesn’t drastically alter the law”: David G. Savage has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.

Today in The Chicago Tribune, Jan Crawford Greenburg reports that “Justices take up notification law; It’s Supreme Court’s 1st abortion-related case under Roberts.”

In USA Today, Joan Biskupic reports that “Heated session centers on abortion notification; Roberts’ concerns seem close to Scalia’s.”

The Boston Globe reports that “Supreme Court hears N.H. abortion case; Justices ask how law might exempt a health emergency.”

In The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Michael McGough reports that “Justices weigh parental notification law.”

In The Dallas Morning News, Allen Pusey has an article headlined “Little drama as high court gets abortion cases; Roberts appears to back letting N.H. broaden notification exception.”

The St. Petersburg Times reports that “Landmark in abortion law unlikely; Supreme Court justices show little interest in using a parental notification case to make sweeping changes.”

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that “Roberts inclined to salvage abortion law; He downplays absence of health exception in New Hampshire’s notification statute.”

The Baltimore Sun reports that “High court hears sides debate N.H. abortion law; Justices seem split over safeguards for health of pregnant girls.”

The Washington Times reports that “N.H., activists spar over abortion law.”

And The Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader reports that “Parental notification argued.” The newspaper also contains an editorial entitled “Ayotte’s day in court: AG did New Hampshire proud.”

In other commentary, The Washington Post contains an editorial entitled “No Abortion Showdown” along with an op-ed entitled “The Abortion Argument We Missed” by columnist George F. Will.

Newsday contains an editorial entitled “New court; new look at abortion; Will Supremes limit women’s rights?” along with an op-ed entitled “Don’t let abortion foes chip away at Roe” by Reina Schiffrin and JoAnn D. Smith.

The Indianapolis Star contains an editorial entitled “A high court test of parents’ rights: Supreme Court should uphold law requiring parental notification before a child can receive an abortion.”

And The Birmingham News contains an editorial entitled “Searching for reason in restricting abortion.”

Posted at 6:45 AM by Howard Bashman