Before she became the notorious RBG, Ruth Bader Ginsburg handled women's rights case. The only abortion case she ever handled involved a pregnant member of the military.
Susan Struck was an Air Force captain when she became pregnant in 1970. Her commanding officer gave her two choices: abortion or resignation. Instead of choosing, Struck sued. Justice Ginsburg, working for the ACLU, represented Struck, arguing that the regulation banning pregnant women from service was sex discrimination, and that Struck should have the right to choose whether or not she wanted to have a child; a military directive to the contrary violated Struck’s rights.
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/supreme-court/how-justice-ginsburg-struck-out-in-the-pro-choice-movement/
Before the case got the Supreme Court, however, the Air Force changed its position and the case was dismissed as moot.
Ginsburgh thought it unfortunate that SCOTUS did not hear this case:
“I wish that would have been the first case. I think the court would have better understood that this was a question about a woman’s choice,” she said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/09/29/fact-check-ruth-bader-ginsburg-susan-struck-air-force-case/3555141001/
So RBG was not pro-abortion. She was truly pro-choice.
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