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Yes, in her 1992 address at New York University School of Law, remarks she titled “Speaking in a Judicial Voice,” Ginsburg, a year from becoming a Supreme Court justice, did say that the breadth of the court’s opinion in Roe created “prolonged divisiveness” and “deferred stable settlement of the issue.”

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"It holds a mirror up to society and talks about the divisiveness in our culture and the fact that there's so much polarity."

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In emotional remarks during a press conference, Governor Spencer Cox – who has frequently spoken out against overheated political rhetoric and political divisiveness – described a nation, soon to celebrate a milestone anniversary of its founding, that is "broken".

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Barrett said abortion rights were never deeply rooted in American history and cited remarks from the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg that Roe “prolonged divisiveness.”

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Judge says “King of the Hill” is “a calming presence in the midst of all the divisiveness. People often tell me they watch it before they go to sleep, and I’m totally good with that.”

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