[dschapin]

There is no states rights clause in the constitution. In recent years, the phrase was popularized by rascist Democratic Senators and Congressmen who were opposing the civil rights movement in the 40’s, 50’s and 60’s. In the aftermath of Nixon’s southern strategy we seem to have adopted some of their legal arguments. However, this does not change the fact that “states rights” is actually a very innacurate reading of the Constitution which misconstrues the 10th Amendment and attempts to right the 14th Amendment out of the Constitution.

[OCCASparky]

There is no states rights clause in the constitution.

Not exactly true. The 10th Amendment has been posted in this thread several times. The federal government does NOT, repeat NOT, have the obligation or the authority to rule on abortion--although it did just that in 1973. Reversing Roe vs. Wade would return that obligation/duty to the states where it belongs.