Alito Has Affirmed Abortion Restrictions

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON (AP) -
President Bush's new Supreme Court nominee has a clearer track record on abortion and would become a tie-breaking vote in deciding how far the government can go to restrict women's access to the procedure.

It is not guaranteed that conservative judge Samuel Alito would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, the court's landmark ruling ensuring a woman's right to abortion. However, he has sharply different views from the justice he was picked to replace, Sandra Day O'Connor, and could shift the court to the right on the issue.

O'Connor has provided the fifth vote to limit government power to restrict abortions. Under her standard, limits that impose an "undue burden" on women must be struck down.

Alito's voting record is more like that of Justice Antonin Scalia, who contends the undue burden standard is hopelessly unworkable. Scalia also would like to overturn Roe.


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[yellowcanine]

1. If Alito is confirmed it would serve the wingnuts right if he votes to

overturn Roe but Roberts votes the other way. I would laugh my ass off if that happened.

[thereismore]

2. Exactly what I was thinking! Roberts may turn out to be that swing vote! n