Abortion, the Supreme Court and the Republican Party

In January 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision: upholding the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution; protecting a pregnant woman's right to choose an abortion.

In this 1973 landmark decision of the Supreme Court, 7 of the 9 justices voted to legalize abortion and 2 of the 9 justices voted to not legalize abortion.

Here is a breakdown with the name of each Justice, how each one voted, who appointed them and their political party affiliation.

Name                           Vote           Appointed by           Political Party

Lewis F. Powell Jr.        For             Nixon                         Republican

Thurgood Marshall        For             L. Johnson                Democrat

Harry A. Blackman        For             Nixon                         Republican

William H. Rehnquist     Against      Nixon                         Republican

Byron R. White              Against      Kennedy                    Democrat

William J. Brennan Jr.    For            Eisenhower               Republican

Warren E. Burger           For            Nixon                         Republican

William O. Douglas        For            Roosevelt                  Democrat

Potter Stewart                 For            Eisenhower              Republican

Let's now tally up the results of this fact proven information.

Of the nine justices, three of them were appointed by Democrat Presidents. Of the three, two Justices voted to legalize abortion, Thurgood Marshall and William O. Douglas and one Justice, Byron R. White voted not to legalize abortion.

The remaining six justices were appointed by Republican Presidents. Of these six, five Justices voted to legalize abortion, Lewis F. Powell Jr., Harry A. Blackman, William J. Brennen Jr., Warren E. Burger and Potter Stewart with William H. Rehnquist voting to not legalize abortion.

One Republican voted against abortion legalization and one Democrat voted against abortion legalization.

Five Republicans voted to legalize abortions and two Democrats voted to legalize abortions.

By a more than 2-to-1 majority of Republicans over Democrats, the Republicans made abortions legal.

And even if all the Democrats had voted against legalizing abortion, they could not have stopped the Republicans from legalizing abortions.

So, there you have it. It was the Republicans that legalized abortions, and that is the real truth they don't want you to know.