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Prayer-Soldier writes "
On 13 Jul 09, the Washington Post reported that Norma McCorvey, also known as Jane Roe of the landmark Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, was arrested for disrupting the confirmation hearing for Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to become a Supreme Court justice. The arrest came as the result of McCorvey and another protester began yelling during Senator Al Franken's (D-MN) opening remarks.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinal quoted McCorvey as saying earlier in the day, “I’m here to overturn Roe and defeat Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court.” McCorvey continued, “She’s unworthy of the position. She’s Catholic. She’s even unworthy of taking communion because of her pro-abortion stance.”
Norma McCorvey was the plantiff in the 1973 Supreme Court decision which legalized abortion. In an interview posted on the Priests for Life web site, McCorvey relates that she was politically naïve when she was approached to be the plaintiff in the effort by Sarah Weddington and Linda Coffey to overcome the Texas statute on abortion. Later, in her testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights given on 21 Jan 98, McCorvey said, “I finally grew tired of the lies and deception and decided to come out and tell the truth. My eyes were opened after I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart and then took my first objective look at a fetal development chart. When the facts are clearly laid out, even a four-year-old child can see that it's a baby.”
Sotomayor's judicial record does not provide much from which to evaluate her stand upon abortion. The two rulings related to the issue were favorable to those supporting pro-life, but not for any issue related to Roe v. Wade. The assumption by pro-life activists, though, is that President Obama would not have nominated Sotomayor if there was not an indication that Sotomayor would support abortion.
On 29 May 09, the Washington Post reported that White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said that President Obama did not ask Sotomayor specifically about the issue of abortion, but, “'In their discussions, they talked about the theory of constitutional interpretation, generally, including her views on unenumerated rights in the Constitution and the theory of settled law,' Gibbs said. 'He left very comfortable with her interpretation of the Constitution being similar to that of his.'"
On 3 Jun 09, LifeNews.com reported that Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) stated that Sotomayor has a "real respect for precedent.” These words, just as the words, “respect for privacy,” are generally interpreted as code words for the right to abortion.
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Posted on Monday, July 13 @ 23:23:09 MDT by drbonebrake
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