Why do we even discuss abortion in the context of the Supreme Court????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? It is not something that I or anybody I know is concerned about, we could care less if it is legal or not. Other than the news, I don't think I have heard anybody even say the word in about 20 years. Guess, what, dems, nobody cares about your chief issue. Get over it!
Even if Roe is overturned (unlikely) - it will be tossed back to the states level. And any state overturning it will speedily drown in increased welfare payments and go bankrupt.
I sincerely doubt there's any such plan.
More rationalizing over here.
This author is obviously just another abortion apologist and she doesn't even make a lot of sense. When she says "[The republicans] should recall their clever move last year to put a gay-marriage ban on the Ohio ballot. It was meaningless but did draw more conservatives to the polls, who also voted for Bush. The trick works for Democrats, too." she is somehow asuming that an anti-abortion referendum would draw sufficient pro-aborts to outnumber pro-lifers. She is concluding that anti-gay marriage is more popular than anti-abortion which MAY be true, but not necessarily.
If Roe were overturned, we would certainly end up, at the very least, with far more restrictive laws than we have now. There would be very few, if any, states were partial birth abortion would be available, and I'd guess there'd be NONE without parental consent/notification laws.
And as for the plight of the pregnant service women, sorry, I'm not swayed by that at all. That's another arguement for "SAFE" abortions, but these folks don't even care to count how many women are maimed and killed right here, stateside, in our fine, high class, murder mills.
And as for the plight of the "soccer moms" who just need to be assured that their 16 years olds can get an abortion, well, that is just sick.
Hopefully, if Roe remains legal, in another generation and a half it will be a moot law as the liberals will have contracepted/aborted themselves out of existance. Hey, I can dream can't I?
There's that darn Constitution getting in the way. Oh well! Just ignore it! Genius! Blather! Pass the booze!
I think this article is BS.
Maybe those suburban mothers should teach their daughters to keep their legs closed....
The author's arguments are based on the incorrect notion that there is a "pro-choice majority". That was true twenty years ago, but not today. Polls show Americans are evenly split. In blue states there are pro-choice majorities, and red states they are pro-life. So putting the issue on state ballots wouldn't change the overall political picture. It would mean abortion would be illegal in many states, severly restricted in others, and unrestiction in the rest. The law would conform to what the people and their legislators decide. Works for me.
Social conservatives will think they won. And when a court ruling later proves they haven't, Republican leaders can comfort them.Social conservatives will then feel used, drop out of the political process and let Democrats run the country. Good plan!
INteresting indeed, but an unfortunate truth.
While it would be terrible to lose elections, Roe V. Wade should be overturned not for political benefit but because MURDERING BABIES SHOULD BE ILLEGAL! I don't want one more baby to die at the hands of abortionists!
It is probably true the legal reasoning on Roe vs Wade was erroneous (privacy rights). However, I do not believe it is good public policy to make abortion unlawful.
Why?
If abortion is made unlawful, we will go back to the days of 'back alley abortionists'. This means many women will be injured and die from bungled procedures. Thus, we must make our decisions based on the total implications of the issue, instead of dogma.
I agree that there would be a huge backlash. I wish the abortion issue would be voted on, instead of by judical activism on either side. Then get it out of politics. Many moderates (myself included) are sick to death of hearing about it.