Where It All Started

The LA Times has a fascinating piece about the creation of the Roe v. Wade opinion as written by Justice Blackmun, and how Blackmun never intended to write an opinion as the one that he did in fact write. The most interesting quote recalled in the article is not from Blackmun, but from then-Chief Justice Warren Burger:

"Plainly, the court today rejects any claim that the Constitution requires abortion on demand."

The Berger interpretation has certainly been discarded by most Roe supporters during the last 32 years.