More Than 100 Lawyers Tell The Supreme Court Why Their Abortions Mattered

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lawyers-abortion-supreme-court_568d4387e4b0a2b6fb6e298b

Women from virtually every corner of the legal profession told the Supreme Court on Monday why their decisions to seek abortions earlier in life meant the world to who they are today. More than 100 lawyers joined a brief in support of Texas abortion clinics in the case Whole Woman's Health v. Cole, a major abortion case the court will hear in March that is widely seen as a threat to the landmark Roe v. Wade.

The case involves a Texas law that imposes requirements on abortion clinics that, if implemented, would shutter all but about 10 of them -- and which critics say have little or nothing to do with advancing women's health.

The document -- one of 45 "friend of the court" briefs rallying behind the clinics opposing the law -- is filled with personal stories from lawyers who "believe that they could not have been the attorneys they have been or done the fine work that they have, were it not for their access to reproductive choice."

Signatories to the brief include former and current public defenders, government officials, judges, corporate attorneys, law professors, judicial clerks and others considered "credits to the legal profession."

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[Doctor_J]

1. I like that they are doing this, but...

I thought the Court was supposed to base their decisions on their interpretation of the law, and not on any emotional evidence/pleas. I don't think the anti-choicers should make presentations either.

Just MHO.