Roe v. Wade Attorney Leaning Against Alito

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Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051110/ap_on_go_su_co/alito_roe_attorney

<By CARRIE SPENCER GHOSE, Associated Press Writer Wed Nov 9,11:33 PM ET

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The attorney who won the landmark 1973
Roe v. Wade decision that established abortion rights says she will likely oppose Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court, but is still studying his writings and opinions before taking a formal position. "At this point, I will assume I will eventually come out against him," Sarah Weddington said Wednesday after a speech at Ohio State University. "The question we have to ask is, would we want to live in an America he would envision?" >

Snip: <"We will really miss her," Weddington said, adding: "We honor Rosa Parks because she refused to give up her seat for a white man. Let's ask Sandra Day O'Connor to do the same." The audience of about 500 roared with laughter.

Weddington also said Wednesday she wished she had chosen a different client as the lead plaintiff in Roe, a pseudonym. The woman, Norma McCorvey, has since gone public and in 1995 switched to opposing abortion. This year the Supreme Court declined to hear her request to overturn her own case.>