Is this the end of Roe? The court revisits abortion

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Reagan and Bush judicial appointments have created a Supreme Court with a conservative majority, putting Roe v Wade and a woman's right to an abortion in danger. 1992 will see the review of Planned Parenthood v Casey and a Pennsylvania law limiting a woman's right to an abortion. Pro-choice lawyers fear that the court will abandon Roe's strict scrutiny test in favor of a rational-basis test that abortion laws would have to comply with and that this would permit state laws forbidding abortion in all cases except when the mother's life is in danger.

Pro-life movement, Pro-choice movement

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Restrictive abortion law upheld; cert petition asks U.S. Supreme Court to decide if Roe is overruled

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The Supreme Court must articulate a clearer view of abortion law in an upcoming appeal case. The 3d US Circuit Court of Appeals held that when the high court is split on an issue, lower courts must look for a moderate position. The court found that, based on recent Supreme Court decisions, the Roe v. Wade standard no longer held. The 3d Circuit Court took as the new legal test Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's position that abortion regulations can only be scrutinized when they place an 'undue burden' on the right to abortion.

Interpretation and construction, Practice, Judicial opinions, O'Connor, Sandra Day

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Courts wrangle over Haitians; federal judge who stopped repatriation overruled by divided appellate panel

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The Bush administration's policy of returning illegal Haitian immigrants to Haiti has so far prevailed in the courts. The Supreme Court lifted a ban on repatriation on Jan 31, 1992. Advocates for the Haitians claim they are victims of racial discrimination, citing the open arms policy the government has for Cuban refugees. The administration and immigration reform supporters claim the Haitians are economic refugees, and that only political refugees are exempt from repatriation.

Cases, Deportation, Emigration and immigration law, Immigration law, Refugees, Haitian, Haitian refugees

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