Nation : Justice Aides Blast Abortion Case
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s attempt to get the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion overturned got a slap from more than 200 of its own attorneys, who criticized the position in a petition to Atty. Gen. Dick Thornburgh.
But Thornburgh aide Dave Runkel said the petition “won’t have an impact on the department’s position” in urging the Supreme Court to reverse the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973. “These people come in six months after the decision was made to appeal this case to the Supreme Court,” he said. “It’s not timely. . . . If they wanted to have an impact on what the department was doing on this, they’re six months too late.”
The department has about 5,500 attorneys, including those in U.S. attorneys offices around the country.
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