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ScotusAbortionReax_070418.sPubDate = "4/18/2007 7:54:23 PM GMT";
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418.appHeader = "Abortion ruling reactions";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418.appDeck = "Select reactions to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision on April 18 upholding the ban on a controversial abortion procedure.";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418.appFooter = "Source: Associated Press";
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","President Bush","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"Today’s decision affirms that the Constitution does not stand in the way of the people’s representatives enacting laws reflecting the compassion and humanity of America.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"I am disappointed. Criminalizing doctors for performing medically necessary procedures to save a woman’s life or protect her health is wrong. The Court’s decision is a significant step backwards.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"I applaud the court for its ruling today, and my hope is that it sets the stage for further progress in the fight to ensure our nation’s laws respect the sanctity of unborn human life.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"As a result of today’s ruling, the health of women who have dangerous pregnancies is now in deep jeopardy. Women who are in need of this banned procedure will be denied it, even if they risk losing their fertility, becoming paralyzed, or sustaining organ damage.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","House Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court affirms what many of us already knew about partial birth abortion: it’s abhorrent, it’s dangerous, and it has no place in the realm of contemporary medicine or, frankly, civil society.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"The ruling ensures that an unacceptable and unjustifiable practice will not be carried out on our innocent children.\" ";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"As the Supreme Court recognized in Roe v. Wade in 1973, this issue is complex and highly personal; the rights and lives of women must be taken into account. It is precisely this erosion of our constitutional rights that I warned against when I opposed the nominations of Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Alito.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"I strongly disagree with today’s Supreme Court ruling, which dramatically departs from previous precedents safeguarding the health of pregnant women.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"The Supreme Court reached the correct conclusion in upholding the congressional ban on partial birth abortion. I agree with it.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Former Sen. John Edwards","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"The ban upheld by the Court is an ill-considered and sweeping prohibition that does not even take account for serious threats to the health of individual women. This hard right turn is a stark reminder of why Democrats cannot afford to lose the 2008 election.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"This is a good day for the integrity of the Constitution and the sanctity of human life.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"The Supreme Court has shown its anti-choice stripes.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"I applaud the Court for finding that the constitution ’expresses respect for the dignity of human life,’ and hope that this decision signals the court’s willingness to revisit and reverse Roe v. Wade.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"Today the Supreme Court told women across America that our health doesn’t matter. Women and families will pay the price for this misguided ruling, which takes health care decisions out of the hands of doctors and patients and limits the ability of health care professionals to protect women’s health.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"This is the first true judicial victory for the unborn since Roe v. Wade.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"This decision will tie doctors’ hands and jeopardize women’s health.\" ";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J.","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"Finally, the high court has found its voice and used its authority to defend helpless children and their vulnerable mothers from the violence of abortion.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","People for the American Way President Ralph Neas","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"President Bush’s Supreme Court nominees are weakening Americans’ rights and legal protections.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","American Center for Law and Justice chief counsel Jay Sekulow","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"This decision represents an important shift in the ongoing battle to protect human life and represents a very significant pro-life victory in the abortion debate.\"";
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","National Organization for Women spokeswoman Mai Shiozaki","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"NOW is fiercely against the Court’s ruling which puts a woman’s health at risk.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Planned Parenthood deputy director Eve Gartner","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"Today the court took away an important option for doctors who seek to provide the best and safest care to their patients. This ruling tells women that politicians, not doctors, will make their health care decisions for them.\"
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ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i++] = new Array("","Christian Coalition of America President Roberta Combs","","","","", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", "");
ScotusAbortionReax_070418[i-1].body = "\"With today’s Supreme Court decision, it is just a matter of time before the infamous Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 will also be struck down by the court.\"";
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