Abortion Test

November 03, 1991

Voters in Washington will decide Tuesday whether to join at least three other states-Nevada, Connecticut and Maryland-in safeguarding abortion rights in case the U.S. Supreme Court reverses or modifies its 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision. Ballot Initiative 120 would provide a state law keeping abortion legal. Lawyer Sarah Weddington and author Gloria Steinem campaigned in Washington in support of the measure this fall. Opponents include the Washington State Catholic Conference, whose spokesman Ned Dolejsi, says it would expand current laws on informed consent and late-term abortions.