Where Will Sonia Sotomayor Stand on Abortion, Roe v. Wade? Time Will Tell
- Maria Vitale - LifeNews.com
- Jun 2, 2009
Judge Sonia Sotomayor may be a history-maker, but it’s more because of her Hispanic heritage than her womanhood.
After all, it’s been decades since Sandra Day O’Connor broke the judicial glass ceiling by becoming the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg followed; thus, having a woman on the High Court became an accepted fact. Indeed, Sotomayor’s chief rivals for the new Justice position were all of the female persuasion.
Pro-abortion groups have expressed concern that Sotomayor’s stand on Roe is unknown; the White House has answered by claiming its confidence that she’s on the same side of the judicial philosophical spectrum as President Barack Obama, who steadfastly supports Roe.
Meanwhile, pro-life groups such as the more than 3,000 chapters-strong National Right to Life are asking some pertinent questions: Does Sotomayor believe that the Supreme Court has a right to override the decisions of elected lawmakers on partial-birth abortion—a heinous practice that public opinion polls show 70 percent of Americans oppose?
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