[TheBigB]

Many folks forget that even if Roe v. Wade is overturned...and I think it should be...it won't do one thing to make abortions stop. At all. It will simply, and properly, return the issue to the states, as it is not a federal/constitutional issue. Even left-leaning lawyers like Alan Dershowitz have said publicly that RvW is bad constitutional law. I support the right of SD to ban all abortions if they wish. Conversely, I support the right of any other state to make and/or keep them all legal. Were this to happen, and if abortion were a major issue for me, then I would simply take the first available opportunity to relocate myself to a state where my opinions more closely matched the law.

That's m'story and I'm stickin' to it. ; )

[cyborg]

That's my story too and I'm off to recover from yoga class!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Many folks forget that even if Roe v. Wade is overturned...and I think it should be...it won't do one thing to make abortions stop. At all. It will simply, and properly, return the issue to the states, as it is not a federal/constitutional issue.

Interestingly enough, I happend to catch a program on EWTN and the discussion was on the nomination of Alito (this program aired during the same week the Alito hearings occured), and the topic of overturning Roe v. Wade came up, and Raymond Arroyo's guest was asked what would happen if Roe v. Wade were overturned, and he said Roe v. Wade should be overturned and the states should decide, and he further said what you just said. Overturning Roe v. Wade won't slow down the number of abortions, let alone stop them.

[oceanview]

not for late term, I think that part of it can be legally federalized. a 7 month child in utero, is viable outside the mother, and is therefore a person.

yes, I know this means we make a distinction between an 6 week embryo and a 6 month fetus - but intelligent choices are part of law making.