Shocking news!!! Pro-Life and Pro-Choice groups agree on something. I know, I know...sit down but it's true.
Both sides want to know exactly where Sonia Sotomayor stands on the constitutionality of abortion,. specifically Roe V. Wade.
The story to watch in the coming months is the unease of pro-choice groups on Sotomayor. Everyone is assuming she'll be a reliable vote to uphold Roe and maybe she will but have you ever heard of the "fear of the unknown"? Let's face it. At this point, based on lack of evidence, nobody has a clue. And that scares the pro-choice crowd.
The New York Times looks at some of the fear in the pro-choice community. Read an excerpt below:
In nearly 11 years as a federal appeals court judge, President Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor, never directly ruled on whether the Constitution protects a woman’s right to an abortion. But when she wrote opinions that touched tangentially on abortion disputes, she often reached outcomes favorable to abortion opponents.
Now some liberal leaders are quietly expressing unease that Judge Sotomayor may not be a reliable vote to uphold Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 abortion rights decision. In a letter to supporters, Nancy Keenan, president of the National Abortion Rights Action League, urged them to pressure senators to demand that Judge Sotomayor reveal her views on privacy rights before any confirmation vote.
“Discussion about Roe v. Wade will—and must—be part of this nomination process,” Ms. Keenan wrote, adding. “As you know, choice hangs in the balance on the Supreme Court as the last two major choice-related cases were decided by a five-to-four margin.”
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