Dear JeffAtlanta,
"Organ stealing has always been a crime - abortion is legal."
Not very good reasoning, that.
Up until 1973, abortion in most places was illegal. In fact, the goal of the folks who took Roe to the Supreme Court were hoping that they would get some exceptions in Texas' then-current abortion law. Norma McCovey (Jane Roe) claimed to have been raped, and abortion was not permitted under Texas law, even for rape.
Go read on "model abortion laws" priot to 1973. The "liberal" side of the argument back then was to permit abortions under the exceptions of rape, incest, life of the mother, and extreme health needs of the mother (Not, "I wanna go to the prom and I don't wanna look fat.").
The Supremes came back with that and a whole lot, WHOLE LOT more.
"Again, if these large majorities really exist why not propose a specific amendment to overturn Roe V Wade? The amendment doesn't have to ban all abortions - it can just be specifically targeted at Roe V Wade. Why go through all of this work, uncertainty and disappointment if you indeed do have these large majorities?"
What, you're proposing we write an amendment that says, "We can ban PBA, we can ban third-trimester, we can ban this that and the other thing."
LOL!!
People complain about cluttering up the Constitution with the FMA!
Why not just overturn Roe and return the question to the people?
What are you afraid of? That the people might actually accept, in fact, demand significant restrictions on abortion?
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