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For thirty years, beginning with the invention of a privacy right in the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the Left has been waging a systematic assault on the constitutional foundation of the nation.

- David Horowitz

They`re all focusing on how John Roberts is going to decide Roe v. Wade . That isn`t even the right question. I don`t even know of a case in the (court) system that addresses it.

- Jay Sekulow

With two more guys on the court who might review Roe and put it back where it belongs, we`re seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

- John Lydon

We continue to believe that Roe was wrongly decided and should be overruled. .... The court`s conclusions in Roe that there is a fundamental right to an abortion and that government has no compelling interest in protecting prenatal human life throughout pregnancy find no support in ... the Constitution.

- John Roberts

ROE is good for some kids, but hasn`t been successful at our school,

- Karen Carlson

I used the name Jane Roe because I didn`t want my personal name to be involved in it.

- Norma McCorvey

I was the Jane Roe of Roe vs. Wade, but Jane Roe has been laid to rest.

- Norma McCorvey

On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the war in Iraq, with no weapons of mass destruction, the tax cuts that are now leading to deficits, I`ve got some deep issues with the president.

- Alma van Drunick

Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don`t think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.

- Andrew Greeley

It would be very difficult ... for me to vote to confirm someone whom I knew would overturn Roe v. Wade, because I remember ... what it was like when abortion was illegal in America ... As a college student at Stanford, I watched the passing of the plate to collect money so a young woman could go to Tijuana for a back-alley abortion. I knew a woman who killed herself because she was pregnant.

- Angela Ming Bean

He has supported overturning Roe vs. Wade in the form of a constitutional amendment to protect the unborn child. He has articulated a policy that is strongly pro-life. And he has said he would appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court,

- Antoinette Rose

Judge Casey said his ruling was dictated by a 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling in 2000, which held that Roe v. Wade protects partial-birth abortion.

- Antoinette Rose