Although she died a stalwart progressive icon, during her 1993 United States Supreme Court confirmation hearings, many liberals were initially skeptical of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s commitment to upholding Roe. The cause for concern originated in comments that then-Circuit Judge Ginsburg made on April 6, 1984, during the William T. Joyner Lecture on Constitutional Law at University of North Carolina School of Law. Without a doubt, Justice Ginsburg strongly supported the right to abortion, but even after she was confirmed to the high court, she repeatedly provided critical commentary about the decision in Roe and the impact it had on the abortion debate in the United States.
Was-Justice-Ginsburg-Roe-Ght__-Reimagining-U.S.-Abortion-Discours-6Was Justice Ginsburg Roe-Ght?: Reimagining U.S. Abortion Discourse in the Wake of Argentina’s Marea Verde
