Pro-life speaker sees signs 'everywhere' Roe could be overturned

Published: 2007-03-01

CHICAGO (CNS) -- Pro-lifers attending an Illinois conference envisioned a nation without Roe v. Wade, and a speaker told them there are many signs the landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion could be overturned. "We see signs everywhere that an overturn of Roe v. Wade may soon be a reality," said Ann Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League and an organizer of the 17th annual SpeakOut Illinois. "Most notably, we see signs from abortion supporters who have said they are afraid they may lose the Supreme Court's support." SpeakOut Illinois, sponsored in early February by a wide range of pro-life organizations, addressed how states would be affected if the Supreme Court overturned its 1973 ruling. The Roe decision threw out most state restrictions on abortion, and its companion decision, Doe v. Bolton, permitted abortions through all nine months of pregnancy. The conference looked at how laws made to comply with Roe have shaped culture, and how overturning the ruling would reshape culture.

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