1. Conservatism in the Courts

2. Info
By the time Reagan left office, he had appointed a near-majority of all sitting judges and named 3 conservative-minded justices to the US Supreme Court.
Reaganism: affirmative action and abortion
1989: 2 Court cases occurred
Made it more difficult to prove that an employer practiced racial discrimination in hiring
Made it easier for white males to argue that they were the victims of reverse discrimination by employers who followed affirmative-action practices
1991: Congress passed legislation that partially reversed the effects of those decision

3. Info
(in 1973, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court prohibited states from creating any laws that interfered women’s rights to an abortion)
This created debate and “pro-choice” advocates were building their case for abortion rights
Provoked bitter criticism from Roman Catholics and “right-to-life” groups
1989: abortion reached Court again
Webster v. Reproductive Health Services: compromised Roe’s protection of abortion
Right-to-life advocates were happy with this at first
Pro-choice advocates were shocked into a new militancy
1992: Planned Parenthood v. Casey: states could restrict access to abortion as long as they did not place a “undue burden” on women.
Cultural conflict over the unborn was part of the Reagan era’s bequest to the future

4. Source 1 O- 1980’s C- Abortion
P- Emphasize the hypocrisy within America
V- Shows how people were being hypocritical
L- Does not show the other side

5. Source 2 O- 1980’s C- shows the abortion debate
P- Shows how people were hypocritical
V- Shows how men thought that they had more rights than women
L- Does not show a woman’s perspective

6. Source 3
O- 1980’s
C- Shows people fighting in front of an abortion clinic
P- Show the big difficult that abortion clinics brought
V- Shows hypocrisy and oblivion on Americans
L- does not show the other view

7. Comparison
Both Source 1 and Source 2 discuss the issue with abortion during Reagan’s era
Source 1 suggests that women were being hypocritical where Source 2 suggests that men are hypocritical

8. Questions
Describe Reagan’s main two points that he focused on during his time.
Discuss the reactions of Americans to the Roe v. Wade court case in 1973.