[Soul of the South]

McConnell is not being helpful. He is throwing gasoline on the fire. Perhaps purposefully?

Sometimes when you appear to be winning it is better to be quiet and not spike the ball prematurely. The decision is not yet official. Remember Roberts flipped on Obamacare at the last minute.

[sauropod]

I think Asa’s been bought.

[Husker24]

He’s happier being minority leader than being majority leader.

[Nextrush]

Asa and Mitch can debate this all they want as if I give a ....

I think the deep truth here is that this Supreme Court ruling if it materializes is a “Moderate” compromise one it returns abortion to the states.

Abortion will be illegal in some states and fully legal in others with some variations in between.

It overturns Roe vs. Wade and keeps abortion legal in the US in those states that want it legal.

[Aeneas2112]

Or he could be utterly cynical and think that the vast majority of aborted babies would have grown up to be Democrats, given the demographics.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Thanks McConnell, you just handed the Left its talking point for the week. Now the news will be that if Republicans win, they’re going to push for a nationwide ban on abortions.

[rrrod]

On this issue I think it is best to play the cards close and let the whacks on the left destroy themselves.

[JoSixChip]

Even the rinos are deserting mcconnell.

[Political Junkie Too]

Hutchinson said returning abortion decisions back to the states, which would occur if Roe v. Wade is overturned, “makes sense under the Constitution.”

“If the court reverses Roe v. Wade, they’re saying that the Constitution does not provide that, which returns it to the states. And to me that makes sense under the Constitution,” the governor said.

“And that’s where the vigorous debate is going to be. That is where we’re gonna face a lot of concerns on the compassion side. And state’s gonna make different determinations of it, but the people are going to express to their representative exactly the direction they want to go. And to me that makes sense and I think it makes sense under our Constitution,” he added.

Hutchinson is correct.

The worst thing about Roe v. Wade is that it allowed our politicians to hide behind the ruling for far too long.

The issue needs to be debated, but the debate never happened as long as Roe was out there.

When Roe is overturned, three things will happen:

1. The debates will begin in the several states, as the states grapple with the issue.
2. The people will eventually clamor for a national solution after the states create a patchwork of different laws.
3. Congress will be forced to come up with single uniform solution to abortion.

As long as Roe has been "settled law," it allowed the extremes to rule the middle. On the one hand was the "abortion any time" crowd that included day of birth (and sometimes the day after), and on the other hand was the "no abortion ever" under any circumstance group. Most people are somewhere in the middle of these two extremes.

They need to be heard.

-PJ

[Sacajaweau]

37 States prohibited abortions from our early years. By 1900, ALL STATES had laws which prohibited abortion by any means.

[Theophilus]

From the story: "Hutchinson said such a move may have “some constitutional issues.”

What? Like the 5th Amemdment?

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Babies are people and life is life. No more half measures damnit!

[Ge0ffrey]

McConnell is deliberately ginning up Democrat turnout.

[Svartalfiar]

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday said a national abortion ban floated by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is “inconsistent with what we’ve been fighting for.”

Not really. Most of the people opposed to abortion believe in the right of every person to life. Allowing some States to kill babies willy-nilly is what would be inconsistent with the fight.



“I think it’s inconsistent with what we’ve been fighting for four decades, which is that we wanted the Roe v. Wade reversed and the authority to return to the states. And so as a matter of principle, that’s where it should be,” Hutchinson said.
“If you look at a constitutional or a national standard that goes against the, that trust of the states having prerogative, and secondly, I think there’s some constitutional issues with a national standard as well as to one is the authority of the Constitution to enact that,” he added.

Returning the penumbra of the "right to privacy" to the States/people, yes. But recognizing that every person has the right to life, that's certainly within the prerogative of Federal law under the Constitution.