If Roe is overturned, each of the 50 states (or is it 57?) will make their own rules on abortion.
Which would be better than the current state of things.
Which is the way the Constitution reads. Anything else, is illegal.
If SCOTUS rules that life begins at conception, thre’s not a whole lot that the states can do.
Yes. As it should have been from the get go.
They all believed Ted Kennedy when he said that overturning Roe v. Wade would lead to women being subjected to back-alley abortions.
That’s where it belongs...states...
heh..
In the world that Obama is loyal to, it's 57.
In the country that he presides as president, it's still 50.
I think it will depend on the grounds for which it is overturned. Note that Section 1 of the 14th Amendment distinguishes between its guidance for "citizens" and "persons." If the unborn can be successfully defined as "persons," the 14th Amendment will extend to them equal protection and the states won't have a choice...
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. 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.
I would also anticipate a rush to introduce a Constitutional amendment by the pro-death pols -- whether it would receive the two-thirds in each chamber and three-quarters of the states, I couldn't say, but I would guess that as the next move on the chessboard.
Which is Constitutional and would allow for those that do not wish to be in any way a supporter of murdering the unborn the chance to move out of that state and move to a state where it was illegal.
Which, ironically, is just what we had before Roe. Some states were liberal about allowing abortion for most any damn reason, some states were quite restrictive. It is virtually certain, however, that in most cases the situation reflected the wishes of the people of the several States more faithfully than the current wide-open holocaust, the worst in the civilized world.
There are dozens of possibilities that all result in the elimination of abortion. Some of those possibilities also work in the elimination of the abortionists.
That’s basically what it’ll do...
Liberals are not hip to the idea that states will (if this goes down) now be decided by the states themselves...
I dunno what all the hub bub is about on bothsides of the equation...It just means there will be states that sanction the murder of unborn lives, and others which don’t...
I see it dividing right down between the red/blue states borders...Meaning you’ll have to move, or setup permanent residence, and be living in those red states for more than 6-9 months before you can be eligible to have an abortion (as a “state” condition)...
hehehe, that should dampen the murderers efforts around the country...
This is not necessarily what would happen. It will depend on the rationale employed for overturning Roe v. Wade. If Roe v. Wade is overturned because the justices view abortion as “murder” then obviously no state will able to legalize abortion. If it is overturned because the Court believes that states should be able to outlaw abortion, then the states would have the ability to either legalize or criminalize.
It is highly unlikely that a state will pass a law outlawing ALL abortions, thus this issue will never reach the Court. The more likely scenario is that suit is brought seeking an injunction to stop an abortion doctor from killing an unborn child. In this case, the legality of killing the unborn would be at issue.
I’m already seeing the old liberal standby around the ‘net of “coat hangers and back alleys!! Coat hangers and back alleys!!”
Sheesh. These liberals are so ignorant, along with being morally reprehensible!!!
Praying for SCOTUS to do the right thing ping!
That is Scalia’s position. He does NOT equate a Fetus as being a living person. He thinks it is a States Rights issue.
Abortion in itself will never be illegal IMHO.
It may well be restricted, I.E. Viability of the Fetus, Rape, Incest or Life of the Mother...