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Mar 5, 1999 · Justice Harry A. Blackmun, a modest Midwestern Republican who became a passionate defender of the right to abortion in 24 years on the Supreme Court, died today at the age of 90.
Apr 10, 2005 · The collected papers of Roe's author, Justice Harry A. Blackmun, show a more complicated reality, illuminating what turns out to be a highly tenuous connection between the abortion cases and the ...
May 18, 2018 · Harry Andrew Blackmun, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1970 to 1994, stepped into a political maelstrom when he authored the much-lauded, much-reviled 1973 opinion roe v. wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S. Ct. 705, 35 L. Ed. 2d 147. Roe guaranteed access to safe, legal abortions for women in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Retired Justice Harry A. Blackmun, author of the historic Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion legal and radically transformed American society and politics, died yesterday at the age of 90.
Harry A. Blackmun (1908-1999) Decisions by Justice Blackmun. 1990-94; Important Decisions 1971-90 (including Roe v. Wade) Brief Biography More Detailed Biographical Data Birth, Residence, and Family Born November 12, 1908 in Nashville, Ill., s. Corwin Manning and Theo Huegely Reuter Blackmun.
Shortly before he retired, Blackmun voiced the belief that the death penalty is unconstitutional. However, Blackmun’s main legacy involves the constitutional right to abortion. Just three years after he joined the Supreme Court, his majority opinion in Roe v.
Jun 24, 1999 · By HLS News Staff. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun ’32 died March 4 at age 90. Appointed to the Court in 1970 by President Nixon, he retired in 1994 after a 24-year career on the Court marked by a movement from moderate conservatism to outspoken liberalism.
