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To: Recovering Ex-hippie

Sure, any 2 people can have this discussion. But the public discourse will always end with the pro-abortion side saying “abortion is a consitutional right, end of discussion”.

That’s why Roe is such an abomination, it takes away any real meaningful discourse on this issue. We don’t need to deal with the issues before R v W is overturned, because even after R v W is overturned, abortions will still be legal *until* individual states pass laws through their legislatures, and that’s where the debate over the issues you brought up will take place, where they belong.

There is no immediate consequence of overturning R v W, so there is no need to discuss the immediate repercussions.

Your position is “let’s not overturn Roe until we discuss the possible consquences of the laws that Roe will permit”, that is a false standard. The proper time to discuss the the possible consequences of those laws should be when those laws are actually up for a vote, that how a representative government works. People propose laws, we discuss the pros and cons, and we vote on it afterwards.


35 posted on 05/16/2007 7:03:06 PM PDT by Truthsearcher
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To: Truthsearcher

I appreciate your thoughtful and articulate responses. I will now reflect on your comments. I had not thought of it this perspective before.


38 posted on 05/17/2007 2:02:59 AM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (We need a troop surge in New Orleans and Philly!)
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