Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- When President Barack Obama nominated Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, he likely spent enough time with her to know she appreciates activist judges who make law from the bench rather than interpret it. Without the benefit of knowing her intimately, pro-life groups are left to research her background.

Americans United for Life has turned up a copy of the thesis Kagan wrote in 1983 at Oxford University that praises agenda-driven judges.

In her graduate thesis, Kagan spends considerable time analyzing the Warren Court -- the years from 1953-1969 when activist Earl Warren was Chief Justice and the legal prelude to Roe v. Wade was set...