Yes, but you’ve got to read all of the cases. Read the parental notification cases. Read the partial birth abortion cases. The general rule is that you can’t regulate abortion, and that is what Roe has been held to say. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule. Eventually, the courts found a watered down parental notification law they could uphold (to save themselves from being tarred and feathered) and eventually, they found a partial birth abortion law they could uphold, but not without throwing out a bunch first. The exceptions in the case of the “right” to abortion have been very few and far between.
I’ve read the cases.
“The general rule is that you can’t regulate abortion, and that is what Roe has been held to say. Of course, there are exceptions to every rule.” Ok, first it was you couldn’t regulate abortion at all, now you’re shifting the language a bit.
“Eventually, the courts found a watered down parental notification law they could uphold (to save themselves from being tarred and feathered) and eventually, they found a partial birth abortion law they could uphold, but not without throwing out a bunch first.” Again, parental notification is not the only restriction. 24 hour waiting periods. Late term abortions. Procedures used. You’re ignoring additional regulations, let alone the explicit text, which I cited, that says you can regulate later during term as viability emerges.
“The exceptions in the case of the ‘right’ to abortion have been very few and far between.” That’s a reflection of legislature a) not trying to limit it, and b) when doing so not using the right language.
As O’Connor wrote in a recent opinion, as technology pushes the viability threshold sooner and sooner, the right to life will increasingly dominate. Even the first trimester is starting to be thought up for grabs.
Glad to see you’ve modified your position to realize that there is no absolute ban on regulating abortion.