Wade was
wrongly decided and urged an incremental attack on it by means of decisions
that would empower the states to regulate abortions and undermine the
authority of medical professionals.
Wade rests, is another basis for NAWL's concerns., sole dissenter to en banc opinion); United States v. The Catholic Church is perhaps our nation's leading pro-
life voice."
The suit also charges the emergency amendment violates the
Illinois Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Illinois Human Rights
Act, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.D.

Subcategory of 'Organizations' designates sites primarily institutional in nature.

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S., D., 100 F.S. and is online at
www.

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NAWL's rating of not qualified from a women's rights perspective is the
result of its evaluation of Judge Alito's writings, including his judicial
record.2d 682
(3d Cir.I.
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anniversary."
The ACLJ, which specializes in pro -life litigation, is defending a
national law protecting health care workers from discrimination.

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Wade, abortion advocates
still want to obscure and keep people ignorant of the true extent of the
abortion license it created," McQuade said.

ACLJ Files Lawsuit against Illinois Governor Charging Order Requiring Pharmacists to Dispense Medication That Violates Religious Beliefs is Unenforceable

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833 (1992), Judge Alito's
endorsement of spousal notification was explicitly struck down in an opinion
by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Justice he is seeking to replace. Cir. WASHINGTON , The following is being issued by the
Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops:

WHAT: 33rd Anniversary of Supreme Court Abortion Decision

WHO: Deirdre McQuade, chief spokesperson on pro-life issues for the
Catholic bishops of the United States, is available for interview
and comment for abortion-related stories /programs on Roe v. The
Second Look Project seeks to educate American men and women about the actual
legal status and practice of abortion as it now exists in the United States. In the San Francisco area, Second Look
Project ads were recently vandalized and destroyed in the BART system trains
and stations. The ACLJ lawsuit charges that the Governor's
order is unenforceable and urges the court to declare it null and void
because it violates state law including the Illinois Health Care Right
of Conscience Act.

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Ms.
"Even after more than thirty years of Roe v.

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1992); Sheridan v. "But as Los Angeles Times legal
correspondent David Savage has reported, Roe 'left no room for prohibitions on
abortion.aclj.

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The Committee has determined that Judge
Alito is not qualified to serve on the Court from the perspective of laws and
decisions regarding women's rights or that have a special impact on women. Casey, 947 F.
In Planned Parenthood v.
In his opinions , Judge Alito has disparaged substantive due process, a
critical underpinning of women's reproductive rights. In this
area, he takes a highly technical approach to statutory interpretation that
arguably is inconsistent with the intent of the statutes in question. "There are protections in place to
prevent employees from being punished because of their religious
beliefs.
The lawsuit contends that the Governor's emergency amendment is
unenforceable because it violates the Illinois Health Care Right of
Conscience Act which makes it unlawful for any public official to
discriminate or punish any person who refuses to "participate in any
way in any particular form of health care services contrary to his or
her conscience.

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This conclusion-that women lack medical autonomy -was at odds
with the opinion of the Supreme Court in an earlier case, Thornburgh v. McQuade is the U.

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This is consistent with the approach advocated by Judge
Alito in May 1985, when, working in the Solicitor General's office, he wrote a
memo to the Solicitor General expressing the belief that Roe v. In a zoning case,
Phillips v. Borough of Keyport, 107 F.g. E. bishops' public voice on the
subject of abortion. The Governor's directive is out of step with state law and we
are urging the court to issue an injunction that would block the
enforcement of this directive and ultimately declare the Governor's
action null and void. Pace is a staff
pharmacist at a retail chain in Glen Carbon and Menges works as a
staff pharmacist at a retain chain in Collinsville.

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1991), is a pointed attack on the abortion right.
Although Judge Alito's former law clerks and professional associates
interviewed by NAWL generally reported that he has had positive and supportive
working relationships with women and has appropriately hired women and
promoted them to senior positions, Judge Alito's interpretation of statutes
affecting women and their families further reflects a narrow reading of the
requirements of those statutes to the detriment of women's rights.3d 223 (3d
Cir. The
Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees reviews and evaluates
the qualifications of each Presidential nominee to the United States Supreme
Court with an emphasis on laws and decisions regarding women's rights or that
have a special impact on women. A copy of the Committee's Mission and Procedures may be found at
http://www.nawl.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Catholic Bishops' Official Available for Roe v. Wade Anniversary

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Therefore, we will not designate subcategories based on the religious nature or other creed of the organization.

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Judge Alito's jurisprudence in
the area of women's rights has not been restrained, as some have characterized
his general judicial approach; rather, he has too often engaged in strained
legal reasoning to effect a narrowing of women's rights beyond the intent of
statutes and precedent. See,
e. Middle Bucks Area Vocational Technical School, 972 F.org. The
measure, which is being challenged in the federal courts, bars federal
funds from going to federal or state programs that discriminate
against health care professionals who do not participate in abortion
services.

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On those women's rights issues that he has addressed, Judge Alito has
shown a disinclination to protect or advance women's rights. Judge Alito's dissent in Planned Parenthood v.org) which is running ads on the D.
It asks them to take a "second look" at many of the common presumptions
assumed to be facts about abortion.

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CHICAGO, The National Association of Women Lawyers
("NAWL"), Committee for the Evaluation of Supreme Court Nominees, has
evaluated Judge Samuel Alito for the position of Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States. 1996)(Alito, J. 807 (1997);
Chittester v.

The National Association of Women Lawyers is the leading national
voluntary organization devoted to the interests of women lawyers and women's
rights. Founded over 100 years ago, NAWL has members in all 50 states and
engages in a variety of programs and activities to advance its mission .

As Director of Planning and Information for the Secretariat for Pro-Life
Activities, Deirdre A. Manion, Senior Counsel of the ACLJ, which is
representing the two pharmacists.

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Of primary concern to NAWL is Judge Alito's stance on women's reproductive
rights. Judge Alito argued
that married women should be compelled by law to notify their husbands of
their abortions. NAWL
believes that Judge Alito's reasoning in the 1991 Planned Parenthood decision
stems from a bias against the abortion right and is more results-oriented than
precedent supports.2d 1364
(3d.3d 273 (3d Cir.C.----The American
Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), which specializes in constitutional
law, today filed a lawsuit in state court in Illinois on behalf of two
pharmacists challenging Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich's emergency
amendment to the state code requiring pharmacists to dispense
medication even if filling the prescriptions violate their conscience
and religious beliefs .

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"The religious beliefs of those in the health care industry must
be protected," said Manion.

(R-FL), the
sponsors of the measure.

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Our concern also
recognizes that Judge Alito will be replacing Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who
has been a decisive vote in a number of cases involving the rights of women
and laws that have a special impact on women.
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists , 476 U.3d 1061 (3d
Cir.SecondLookProject.

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Judge Alito was willing to require that Planned Parenthood take on
the impossible burden of proving the number of women who informed their
husbands of their intent to obtain abortions.3d 164 (3d Cir.1997), Judge Alito
concurred with the majority but dissented in part, expressly to attack the
validity of a substantive due process argument offered by the plaintiff . The ACLJ represents members of Congress - including
Representatives Henry Hyde (R-IL) and Dave Weldon , M.

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2000). Over three decades
later, Roe remains morally and constitutionally indefensible.

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SPRINGFIELD, Ill.
"This directive is not only legally flawed but it puts pharmacists
in the untenable position of having to choose between adhering to
their religious beliefs and violating a law that could cost them their
jobs," said Francis J.

, opposed to human abortion generally or completely.

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National Association of Women Lawyers ('NAWL') Issues Evaluation of Judge Samuel A. Alito for the Position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Co

R. v. Members of the Committee are appointed by the
President of NAWL and include a distinguished array of law professors,
appellate practitioners and lawyers concentrating in litigation, with diverse
backgrounds from around the country and who work in a variety of professional
settings.

Through the Conference's Pro-Life Secretariat, the Church produces
educational materials that reach millions of Americans promoting public
policies that recognize the inherent dignity of all human beings, including
the unborn .C.

However, organizations directly advocating violence lose their First Amendment protections and should not be listed.

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In addition, he was willing to
ignore directly applicable Supreme Court precedent . Both Pace and Menges believe
the drugs are abortion producing medications.

ODP may not discriminate based on a pro-life organization's creed.

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His
hostility toward the Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence , upon which Roe v. McQuade also directs the USCCB's Second Look Project
(http://www. Metro and
San Francisco transit systems coinciding with this year's Roe anniversary.
Led by Chief Counsel Jay Sekulow , the ACLJ specializes in
constitutional law and is based in Washington, D.

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747 (1986),
which affirmed Roe, condemning indirect constraints on a woman's right to
choose. 1996), cert.' The Roe decision , as even many pro-abortion legal experts have
noted, is based on very shaky constitutional grounds . "The pro-life pharmacist who chooses not
to dispense abortion producing drugs should not face punishment and
discrimination for abiding by those convictions.

This category lists sites reflecting the pro -life perspective, i.

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Casey, 505 U.S. DuPont de Nemours + Co. denied, 522 U. Development, 226 F. The suit requests
the court grant an injunction preventing the measure from being
enforced and asks the court to declare the directive unenforceable and
null and void.

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Department of Community and Econ ."
The ACLJ today filed suit in the Circuit Court of the Seventh
Judicial Circuit in Springfield , Illinois on behalf of Peggy Pace and
John Menges, two registered pharmacists who will not dispense the
morning-after pill and/or "Plan B" medication because of their
religious, moral, and ethical beliefs.