American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: ". Wade she criticized that decision's "trimester approach" sharply in her dissent in 1983's City of Akron v. O'Connor generally dissented from 1980s opinions which took an expansive view of Roe v. In her confirmation hearings and early days on the Court, O'Connor was carefully ambiguous on the issue of abortion, as some conservatives questioned her anti-abortion credentials on the basis of some of her votes in the Arizona legislature. They worked hard to defeat her confirmation but failed. They were astonished and dismayed when his first appointment was O'Connor, whom they feared would tolerate abortion. The Christian right element in the Reagan coalition strongly supported him in 1980, in the belief that he would appoint Supreme Court justices to overturn Roe v. Helms, Nickles, and Symms nevertheless voted for confirmation. Senate Republicans, including Don Nickles of Oklahoma, Steve Symms of Idaho, and Jesse Helms of North Carolina called the White House to express their discontent over the nomination Nickles said he and "other profamily Republican senators would not support O'Connor". Anti-abortion and religious groups opposed O'Connor's nomination because they suspected, correctly, she would not be willing to overturn Roe v. In 1974, O'Connor had opined against a measure to prohibit abortions in some Arizona hospitals. However, she had cast a preliminary vote in the Arizona State Senate in 1970 in favor of a bill to repeal the state's criminal-abortion statute. I think she'll make a good justice." O'Connor told Reagan she did not remember whether she had supported repealing Arizona's law banning abortion. ![]() She declares abortion is personally repugnant to her. Right to Life people say she is pro abortion. Already the flak is starting and from my own supporters. Reagan wrote in his diary on July 6, 1981: "Called Judge O'Connor and told her she was my nominee for supreme court. She graduated sixth in her class at Austin High School in El Paso in 1946. ![]() Day spent her eighth-grade year living at the ranch and riding a bus 32 miles to school. The family cattle ranch was too far from any schools, although Day was able to return to the ranch for holidays and the summer. For most of her early schooling, Day lived in El Paso with her maternal grandmother, and attended school at the Radford School for Girls, a private school. Alan Day, Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch in the American West (2002), about her childhood experiences on the ranch. She later wrote a book with her brother, H. Her sister was Ann Day, who served in the Arizona Legislature. Sandra had two younger siblings, a sister and a brother, respectively eight and ten years her junior. She began driving as soon as she could see over the dashboard and had to learn to change flat tires herself. 22-caliber rifle and would shoot coyotes and jackrabbits. The family home did not have running water or electricity until Sandra was seven years old. The ranch was nine miles from the nearest paved road. She grew up on a 198,000-acre family cattle ranch near Duncan, Arizona. ![]() Sandra Day was born in El Paso, Texas, the daughter of Harry Alfred Day, a rancher, and Ada Mae (Wilkey).
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