Judiciary committee hears testimony on Roe v. Wade

Anti-choice Republican Sam Brownback used his position on the Senate Judiciary Committee to convene a subcommittee hearing yesterday on Roe v. Wade.
Impeccable timing. A Supreme Court vacancy is looking likely in the very near future, and this was a perfect opportunity for conservatives to get Roe opponents on the record. Although both pro-choice and anti-choice experts testified, Brownback’s star witness was Norma McCorvey, the former “Jane Roe” who reversed her abortion stance after converting to Christianity in 1995.
Brownback, who’s rumored to have presidential aspirations in 2008, said the series of hearings meant to “highlight the effect certain Supreme Court decisions have had on American life.”
Ken Edelin, associate dean of the Boston University School of Medicine, testified: “If Roe v. Wade were overturned and abortion law authority sent back to individual states, you would end up with a country that would have a patchwork of laws that would put women at great hardship.”
Hmmm… Authority to individual states. Patchwork of laws. Women at great hardship. Funny, I thought that’s what was happening in America right now, even with Roe in effect.

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