'Pro-life' Miers to be unbiased on court: ally

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'Pro-life' Miers to be unbiased on court: ally


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has long opposed abortion but would set aside personal views when deciding legal issues, her close friend who has been a leading advocate for her nomination said on Sunday.

"She is pro-life, and she has been for 25 years," Nathan Hecht, a Texas Supreme Court justice and Miers' longtime friend, said on "Fox News Sunday."

Asked how Miers, with that view, could conceivably vote to uphold the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that affirmed a woman's right to abortion, Hecht said, "legal issues and personal issues are just two different things. Judges do it all the time."

"In fact, a judge is going to take an oath that says I'm going to judge rightly in cases, which means that you have to set aside your personal views in deciding the case," he said.