New York, Nov. 3—There are a few predictable things in this world. One of them is that in due course the Supreme Court will outlaw capital punishment (on the grounds that it has become cruel and unusual punishment). Another is that in due course the abortion laws will be removed (on such grounds as have recently been intimated by the Supreme Court of the State of California).
The California high court is a sort of junior Warren court, going in for far-out decisions. Yet some of these are as carefully drawn out as any of Xeno’s conundrums, and the patina of logic is apparently tight and snug. The lawyers are talking about the Court’s decision in re Dr. Belous, handed down in September; and the abortion lobby is wild with delight. Here is the case.
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