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Sonia Sotomayor is of Puerto Rican descent, and was born and raised in Bronx, NY.  She attended Catholic school, but it is uncertain where she currently stands in terms of religion.

Sonia Sotomayor is of Puerto Rican descent, and was born and raised in Bronx, NY.  She attended Catholic school, but it is uncertain where she currently stands in terms of religion.

"Some sources, including Pete Williams, reported that the Judge is a Catholic. However, there has not yet been any indication of whether that report is accurate and, if so, if she actually practices her faith."<ref>http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33654</ref>

"Some sources, including Pete Williams, reported that the Judge is a Catholic. However, there has not yet been any indication of whether that report is accurate and, if so, if she actually practices her [[faith]]."<ref>http://www.catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=33654</ref>

"Sotomayor attended Catholic schools, but we haven't yet confirmed that she is, in fact, Catholic. If she is, she would become the sixth Catholic justice on the current Supreme Court"<ref>http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=6831739</ref>

"Sotomayor attended Catholic schools, but we haven't yet confirmed that she is, in fact, Catholic. If she is, she would become the sixth Catholic justice on the current Supreme Court"<ref>http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/politics&id=6831739</ref>

===Standing===

===Standing===

Decisions by Sotomayor, such as Taylor v. Vt. Dept of Ed. 313 F.3d 768 (2002), seem to show that she favors judicial restraint with respect to standing issues.

Decisions by Sotomayor, such as Taylor v. Vt. Dept of Ed. 313 F.3d 768 (2002), seem to show that she favors [[judicial restraint]] with respect to standing issues.

===Terminology===

===Terminology===

===Abortion===

===Abortion===

While Sotomayor has not ruled on many cases concerning abortion, she wrote a decision against a pro-choice group in '''Center for Reproductive Law and Policy vs. Bush'''. <ref>http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/05/26/sotomayors-abortion-ruling.aspx</ref>  The decision dismissed the claim of a Mexico-based organization which challenged policies requiring that foreign organizations neither perform nor promote abortions as a condition for receiving US funding.

While Sotomayor has not ruled on many cases concerning abortion, she wrote a decision against a pro-choice group in '''Center for Reproductive Law and Policy vs. Bush'''.<ref>http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archive/2009/05/26/sotomayors-abortion-ruling.aspx</ref>  The decision dismissed the claim of a Mexico-based organization which challenged policies requiring that foreign organizations neither perform nor promote abortions as a condition for receiving US funding.

Sotomayor drew a distinction between "necessary" and "family planning" abortions: "For purposes of 22 U.S.C.S. � 2151b(f)(1), "abortion as a method of family planning" does not include abortions performed if the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or abortions performed following rape or incest (since abortion under these circumstances is not a family planning act)."

Sotomayor drew a distinction between "necessary" and "family planning" abortions: "For purposes of 22 U.S.C.S. � 2151b(f)(1), "abortion as a method of family planning" does not include abortions performed if the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or abortions performed following rape or incest (since abortion under these circumstances is not a family planning act)."

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