He has supported overturning Roe vs. Wade in the form of aconstitutional amendment to protect the unborn child. He hasarticulated a policy that is strongly pro-life. And he has said hewould appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court,
Judge Casey said his ruling was dictated by a 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling in 2000, which held that Roe v. Wade protects partial-birth abortion.