Meanwhile on Friday, Alito told the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee–Arlen Specter — that his '’personal views on a woman's right to choose’’ would not affect his judicial decisions. Recently released memos indicate Alito strongly opposes abortion. Specter requested the meeting after the release of a 1985 memo in which Alito described a Supreme Court review of two abortion-related cases as “an opportunity to advance the goals of bringing about the eventual overruling of Roe v. Wade and in the meantime, of mitigating its effects.”