A majority of Americans disapprove of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade decision, which had guaranteed a constitutional right to an abortion for nearly 50 years. Public support for legal abortion remains largely unchanged since before the decision, with 62% saying it should be legal in all or most cases, according to a new report from
Read moreUnited Methodists reacted to the Supreme Court’s overturn of the 1973 landmark abortion ruling in Roe v Wade with varying opinions. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Friday, June 24, to uphold the decision in a case styled The Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The Supreme Court ruling gives the power to regulate abortions back to the states. Even
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A Supreme Court ruling on Friday, June 24, overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision that legalized abortion. A day before that ruling, the Pew Research Center posted an article by Justin Nortey about the disagreement among adults in the United States over whether more restrictive laws are an effective way to reduce the number of abortions. The story
Read moreOn Friday, June 24, the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. Michael Curry, said in a statement that he is “deeply grieved” by the Supreme Court’s ruling that overturns Roe v Wade, the 1973 landmark decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The court ruled 6-3 on Friday to uphold a restrictive Mississippi law in a case styled Dobbs
Read moreOn Friday, June 24, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that legalized abortion. Friday’s 6-3 ruling came in a case that originated in Mississippi styled Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Almost immediately, churches and other institutions began weighing in on the decision that reverses almost 50 years of federal protections for abortion. The
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Editor’s note: The following news release was issued Monday, Dec. 27, concerning the death of Sarah Ragel Weddington, a 1964 graduate of McMurry University. Weddington had a distinguished legal career following her years at McMurry and was best known for successfully arguing Roe v Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court. McMurry University Office of the President McMurry University is saddened
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By PAUL FABRIZIO The Saturday confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court seems to put an end to one battle but really is just a step in a much larger war. I look at the emails that I have received recently from Democratic groups to see the pain of their losing this nomination. From Nancy Pelosi and the
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By PAUL FABRIZIO As the U.S. Senate examines and then debates the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, there is much discussion of how he may vote on various issues if he were to be on the Court. Admittedly, no one knows the future. However, Brett Kavanaugh’s writings, rulings, and speeches have provided a pretty good
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