From This Day Forward, I No Longer

The Mandated Description Of Fetal Characteristics At Two-week Intervals, No Matter How Objective, Is Plainly Overinclusive. [it Is] Not Medical Information That Is Always Relevant To The Woman's Decision, And It May Serve To Confuse And Punish Her And To Heighten Her Anxiety.

Abortion Raises Moral And Spiritual Questions Over Which Honorable Persons Can Disagree Sincerely And Profoundly. But Those Disagreements Did Not Then And Do Not Now Relieve Us Of Our Duty To Apply The Constitution Faithfully.

I Hope You Will Be Yourself, Human, Even A Little Sentimental, Possessed Of A Sense Of Humor And A Sense Of Humility. . . . There Are Arrogant People In This World And, What Is Worse, Arrogant Judges.

If There Is Any Truth To The Old Proverb That "one Who Is His Own Lawyer Has A Fool For A Client," The Court Now Bestows A Constitutional Right On One To Make A Fool Of Himself.

Of One Thing, However, I Am Certain. Just As An Execution Without Adequate Safeguards Is Unacceptable, So Too Is An Execution When The Condemned Prisoner Can Prove That He Is Innocent. The Execution Of A Person Who Can Show That He Is Innocent Comes Perilously Close To Simple Murder.