Roberts Calls Abortion 'Settled'

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WASHINGTON - Supreme Court nominee John Roberts nimbly parried questions on the emotionally charged issue of abortion Tuesday. He told senators the landmark Roe v. Wade decision was "settled as a precedent" while also leaving himself potential avenues for voting to overturn it.

Abortion questions kicked off the second day of Judge Roberts' confirmation hearings. They led to lively and contentious clashes as Democrats pressed the nominee - and Judge Roberts pressed back - on a raft of issues from civil rights to sex discrimination to the power of the president.

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Roberts Calls Abortion 'Settled'

The daylong showdown became particularly passionate when Judge Roberts ducked a series of questions posed by Sen. Joseph Biden, D- Del., a potenti...

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