“For 20 years or so there had been a movement to chip away at Roe v Wade by adding barriers to abortion access. But now it seems that conservatives are emboldened by the new make-up of the supreme court and are trying a new approach by directly challenging Roe.”
Elizabeth Nash
“I don't think he would vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade,”
Ken Salazar
“It would be very difficult ... for me to vote to confirm someone whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade, because I remember ... what it was like when abortion was illegal in America ... As a college student at Stanford, I watched the passing of the plate to collect money so a young woman could go to Tijuana for a back-alley abortion. I knew a woman who killed herself because she was pregnant.”
Diane Feinstein
“He has supported overturning Roe vs. Wade in the form of aconstitutional amendment to protect the unborn child. He hasarticulated a policy that is strongly pro-life. And he has said hewould appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court,”
Douglas Johnson
“We now have five Catholics on the Supreme Court. Must they vote to overturn Roe v. Wade?”
Tim Russert
“It does not signify disagreement with Roe v. Wade,”
Arlen Specter
“He essentially did not answer the Roe v. Wade question,”
Eleanor Smeal
