During much of the 1980s, Justice Sandra O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, cast a consistent vote against abortion rights. That changed in 1989.
During much of the 1980s, Justice Sandra O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, cast a consistent vote against abortion rights. But in 1989, things changed. A new conservative majority was in place and appeared to have the votes to eviscerate Roe v. Wade, for the first time since the 1973 landmark made abortion legal nationwide. O’Connor struggled with the new dynamic.
In a private note that day, he wrote, “Dear Byron, Sandra, Nino and Tony … Attached is a rough draft of a proposed opinion of the Court in this case.” He urged them to respond within a matter of days, so he could meet an internal June 1 deadline for circulating first drafts of majority opinions in all cases. White responded to Rehnquist on May 22: “I can go along with your draft in this case if the others on our side do so.
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