Actually, they don’t. And this is the whole basis of the idea of state’s rights. The idea that, as this book that came out in the 80’s laid out, we’re not one nation per se, but rather a collection of nations united into the U.S.A.
The key principle of state’s rights is this, if you don’t like the laws in your state, you can move to a state where the laws and government fit your values. There can’t be a national standard because actually, we don’t have a national value other than patriotism. What we believe is usually determined by where we grow up and what culture we grow up in.
All repealing Roe does is send it back to the states. My state will outlaw abortion as soon as Roe is repealed. California probably won’t. That is what makes America work. We are 50 independent and self-governing states united together for common defense and economic policy.
Well, they tried that with a little thing called the Articles of Confederation. Didn't work out too well.
I posted two posts too late! However brilliant minds think alike! I agree with you 100%
According to the Declaration of Independence, in the founding paragraph of America, the very reason for the existence of government is to protect the self-evident right to life.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men..."
The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
Do you believe in the equal protection of the laws?
Do you believe that any State can outlaw free speech, or religious liberty, or the right to petition government? Why would the right to life, which is the penultimate right, be less important than those rights?
“The key principle of state’s rights is this, if you don’t like the laws in your state, you can move to a state where the laws and government fit your values.”
Well, guess what! The baby can’t move to another state to escape being axe-murdered, so I think the point is moot.