Administration urges Court to reverse Roe vs. Wade
NATIONAL
VY A SHINCTUN
(AP) Sinking a re
versa I of tin1 Su
premo Court's 1471
ruling upholding the
right to an abortion,
the Bush administration asked the Su
preme Court Monday to uphold a Penn
sylvania abortion law that imposes a 7-i
hour waiting period and inquires women
to notify their husbands before ending a
pregnancy.
In a friend-of-the-iourt brief, the |us
lice Department reiterated its long stand
ing position that women do not have a
fundamental right to have an abortion
and that the 147.1 decision in Koe vs
Wade was wrongly dec ided
The brief filed by Solic itor Ceneral
Kenneth W. Starr asked the high court to
uphold Pennsylvania s law and argued
that states could impose even stricter
curbs.
The Justice Department held that the
court could impose ati outright Inin on
abortions because the protection ot hu
man life in or out of the womb is
certainly the most compelling interest
that a state c an advance "
If the court declined In overturn Hoe. il
should apply the reasoning adopted in
its t'lrto (Incision m Webster ss Repro
ductive Health Services and find that
Pennsylvania's abortion law is valid, lie
cause it advances a legitimate state in
terest," according to the brief
If it takes this narrower approat h. ai
cording to tile brief, the court should
"make clear that the libertv interest ret
ogni/ed in Webster does not rise to the
exceptional level Of a fundamental
right
The administration's filing drew praise
from the National Rigid to Life l.onunjl
tee lru. Rv adopting lie- justice Depart
ment's position.': the .high court would
eflet lively overturn Koe vs Wade and al
low die states to directly limit the rea
sons for which abortions .may. he per
formed." the group's legislative director.
Douglas lohnson. said in a statement
The Justice Department action t-une
one (las after an estimated aOO.tHMI pro
testers marched in Washington in the
biggest demonstration ever held b\ abor
lion rights' activists
Permsvivam.i s law is valid U-iause it
advances legitimate state iiu eri-.s that
yvntnen make informed de< isions Indore
having an abortion. jaunlini; tu tho |us
lu v Department's brief
The provision requiring .1 woman tc>
notify Iiit husband of plans tt) have an
abortion ian help protot 1 the lit*' of a
fetus, the integrity of the family unit ami
the husband's Interests in pros reation
within marriage and the potential life ol
his unliorn child.’ ac cording t«> the hrlef
I'Uinned Parenthood and other orguni
/allons appealed to the Supreme Court
last year after .1 federal ■ appellate ( port
upheld most provisions of the law. in
1 hiding the .hi hour waiting period and
one that required parental permission lor
teen agers to obtain abortions
Hut the ,lrd I S Circuit Court ol .\p
peals struik down the spousal nolificii
non provision, saving it imposed an un
due burden on a woman's right lo have
ari abortion under Roe
The justice Department brief held that
the ird ( iri ui! tbs islon was mi or ret thy
applying the undue burden" test etuin
i luted hv lustii'- Sandra Day UConnor
in .1 1 om urnng opinion in Webster
His .iiim' abortion is not a fundamental
right, the < our l- should apply a more del
The protection of human
life — in or out of the
womb — is certainly the
most compelling interest
that a state can
advance
U S Justice Department
iTtMitl.il standard In nt.11»■ legislatures
when reviewing um laws, according
tu the lust H i* Department
VVe I>«*1 tttvi* that tin' turnst standard
was thi- out' articulated In the Webster
plurality Is a regulation reasonably (In
signed to serve .1 legitimate stale inter
esl at 1 ordmg to the hriet In Starr, who
will argue the government's position
when the < our I hears the t ase April 22
I'hi brief suggested that state leglsla
lures t ou 1 d outlaw abortions altogether,
arguing. Hie state's interest 111 prenatal
life is a wholly legitimate and entirely
adetpiate basts lor restricting the right to
abortion derived in Koe
Court rules against "sting” operation
WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Gourt on
Monday lumleti some undercover sting oper.ilions
when il ruled th.H ,1 Nebraska tanner was enlr.tpped hv
postal agents who coaxed him for two years to buy
mail-order child pornography
Ity a 5 -1 vole. the justices said the farmer la< ked pre
disposition to commit ii crime and only pun based the
contraband material after the prolonged solicitation of
the government
While the ruling is a defeat for law enforcement olft
cials and a surprise from .in increasingly conservative
court, its impai t could prove limited
Science fiction writer Asimov dies at 72
\i:w YORK (AP) Isaac Asimov, whose nearly
500 I looks ranged from science fu lion foretelling an
era in which mankind and benign robots spread across
the galaxy to science fact, histories and humor, died
Msiml.iv .it v:i
Mr tiled of h• i;’ i i kidney failure al New York
University Hospital -.aid his. brother Stanley -Nalntm
a via1 presidi t ' iii V vs./,h
The most popular ot Asimov s novels ami stories
were ev ,irs;t : into a future in wlur h K.irtli is forgot
ten hy ,1 hum UHtv tti.t! spreads through tfte stars, mini
by ,i gal.e tit I .umi.i!; mil served by rolxits
Clinton, Brown to look for win in NY
NKW YOKK M’i Deuux rats Hill Clinton and lur
ry Brown traded a final barrage ol t harges Monday. but
then shook hands on the final day of < ampaigning he
fore high stakes primaries in New York. VYisi unsin
and Kansas
Tins is now ior the voters to de< ide (Hinton said
We eat h argue that we have better plans for i flange
Both t andidates said Paul Isonga.s, who dropped
Ollt of the r.11 e three weeks ago. i.ould ret.eive a sui.
stiiiili.il number it! votes in Nrw 'lurk., llir biggest prize
in I uesduv s balloting with .' I t delegates
The si.ilc is i rtn nil lur both >tc tivi■ i andidates front
runner ( Imton is looking lor a convincing win to ill
imnlsb tlit: significance of browns 1 b.illenge, brown
wants a good showing to affirm fils stains as a serious
( Wild idale
Saddam’s nuclear capability still intact
U \SHINC TON (Af’f More than a year later, it is
clear that the bush administration vs as oil target in its
(.nil War claims tli.it allied bombing pretty well dim
mated Saddam Hussein's nut tear 1 epabillty
Siaiie important nuclear sites were hardly tombed.
11 \ insper tors have ills, oveted In other 1 uses, build
ings were hit. lint the e<|Utpment inside unharmed
Some targets were damaged or destroyed even
though allied war planners didn't realize the targets
were tied to the nut leaf program
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