The Supreme Court, Privacy, and Abortion

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FEELINGS and opinions are strong and divided on both the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion in Roe v. Wade 1 and the Court's 1989 decision in Webster,2 which signals a retreat from Roe. Opinion polls on abortion since 1973 show that Americans are deeply ambivalent on the issue. A consistent majority believes that abortion is immoral in most cases.3 , 4 Nonetheless, overwhelming majorities believe that abortion should be available in cases of rape, incest, and severe genetic abnormality, and more than two thirds consistently say that although they believe abortion to be wrong or immoral, the ultimate decision . . .

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