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Article: Alito Helped Craft Reagan-Era Move To Restrict 'Roe'; Supreme Court Nominee Wrote Memo In 1985 as Justice Department Lawyer
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- December 1, 2005
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As a Justice Department lawyer in the Reagan administration,
Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. helped devise a legal
strategy to persuade the high court to restrict and eventually
overturn Roe v. Wade, the historic decision legalizing abortion.
In a memo disclosed yesterday that he wrote in 1985 as an
assistant to the solicitor general, Alito recommended that the
administration submit a brief to the Supreme Court, asking it to
uphold a Pennsylvania law that imposed a variety of abortion
restrictions and "make clear that we disagree with Roe v. Wade."
Alito argued in the 17-page document that stepping into the case,
Thornburgh v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, ...