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The supreme court interprets our constitution and that's it. Our constitution says nothing abortion though. So if they end roe v wade what amendment would their decision be based on.
The root of the decision is a right to privacy. All sorts of other rulings could be overturned with the logic in this opinion.
The root of the decision is a right to privacy. All sorts of other rulings could be overturned with the logic in this opinion.
If there's no basis within the Constitution (and there's no general right to privacy within the Constitution), then maybe that means all sorts of other rulings should be overturned (if they relied on this imaginary right)
The supreme court interprets our constitution and that's it. Our constitution says nothing abortion though. So if they end roe v wade what amendment would their decision be based on.
The fact that there is nothing in the Constitution that says abortion must be free and legal is what they will base their decision on...
Are you being facetious? You answered your own question and you proved why Roe V Wade should not have been allowed to stand, in the first place.
It's not 1830 anymore where mobility was challenging. There will be some do-gooder organizations that will organize abortion vans to get people who don't have the means to just cross state lines.
In March, Citigroup announced that they would cover travel for employees seeking abortions.
In April, Yelp announced that they would cover travel for employees seeking abortions.
A mother or doctor cannot legally end the life of a person.
So, you quite passionately want a doctor imprisoned who gave a woman an abortion to save her life, because the wastes from her fetus was fatally poisoning her? If so, how long should the prison term be? Is 10 years long enough?
So, you quite passionately want a doctor imprisoned who gave a woman an abortion to save her life, because the wastes from her fetus was fatally poisoning her? If so, how long should the prison term be? Is 10 years long enough?
That would be fine as long as their license to practice medicine was also permanently revoked.
Our founding fathers did not concern themselves with women's issues. So why are some state legislatures so concerned with women's issues? It's none of their business, just like the founding fathers
But it's a matter of FACT that state Republican legislators will tell you that they have to stand for and act to ban nearly all abortion to get votes to be reelected. Many of their constituents who feel that way live in rural parts of Red States, who have no access to abortion without a long drive, anyway. Maybe you would be greatly surprised how many conservatives or Republicans want all or nearly all abortion banned.
I think the question for many moderates will be, "Is a woman's right to make her own reproductive decisions more important than ending the reign of the Progressives?" For me, the answer now is NO -- but, again, I would not even guess how most moderates and Independents think about that.
After spending most of my adult life as a Democrat, I am now a conservative -- except for being mostly pro-choice and my belief that the environment should be one of this country's highest priorities. However, if I did not now think that other issues were more important* (due to the actions of the Biden administration) than the right of a pregnant woman to have an abortion at least during the first trimester, I would now be tempted to vote Democratic in November just to protest this decision. (Of course, this is IF, in fact, it will be the decision of SCOTUS to overturn Roe vs. Wade.)
Now I do not know where most moderates place their priorities as far as current issues are concerned, but IF the overturn of Roe vs. Wade actually occurs, I think that the November election will be significantly closer than it would have been otherwise-- and I think that the conservatives on the Supreme Court might very possibly end up regretting their decision.
* To be specific, the (imo) out-of-control "wokeism", the Biden's administration threat to freedom of speech, and the threat of vaccine mandates and the current inflation. Before Biden was installed as POTUS, I would absolutely refuse to vote for any candidate who was not pro-choice for at least the first trimester of pregnancy.
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But it's a matter of FACT that state Republican legislators will tell you that they have to stand for and act to ban nearly all abortion to get votes to be reelected. Many of their constituents who feel that way live in rural parts of Red States, who have no access to abortion without a long drive, anyway. Maybe you would be greatly surprised how many conservatives or Republicans want all or nearly all abortion banned.
If that is the will of the voters, then what is the problem?
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