[DSH]

Um, what is the constitutional authority for a federal statute of this sort? I'm not talking about Roe v. Wade or anything regarding the alleged "constitutional right to an abortion." I'm talking about the authority of Congress to exercise conventional "police powers" in this fashion.

[ConorMacNessa]

Frankly, I'm not aware of any specific clause of the Constitution that would empower the Federal Government to enact such a law, but I guess my analysis would go along the lines that the Supreme Court having authorized abortion on the basis of the "right of privacy" that arises from the "penumbras' emanated by the various rights enumerated under the Bill of Rights and later amendments to the Constitution, then the Congress would have the power to limit or overturn that decision through legislation.



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