Tricky, I know, in a republic, but I am just wondering. Had the courts stepped back, would abortion be illegal or would we have a similar situation now, but with less frustration?
2007-04-04 07:23:10 · 21 answers · asked by nom de paix 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Let me consult my crystal ball and get back to you...
By the way, there was no need for the courts to step back. Roe v. Wade was a lawsuit, and as any law student knows... lawsuits are not voted on by the general public; they are argued in a court of law. Such as the Supreme Court of the United States.
2007-04-04 07:26:05 · answer #1 · answered by Bush Invented the Google 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
There are too many people in our country who think their way is the only way. There are too many who think it is their business to butt into private and personal lives. It probably wouldn't pass a vote by the electorate.
But, the whole point is IT IS NOBODY'S BUSINESS except the woman who is pregnant. That is what the whole argument was about and why it passed. It is not the church's business, the government's, your next door neighbor, your spouse, your mother or anyone else. If a woman doesn't want to give birth, she has the right to a safe medical procedure instead of relying on the back alley butchers they use to go to.
No one can force a woman to give birth.
2007-04-04 08:24:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, that question would and should be decided by each individual state.
That is the constitutional stance. It really isn't any business of the federal government and doesn't fall under any of the powers granted it by the constitution.
However, the people and the states DO have the constitutional power and right to determine what laws it will establish on the subject.
Some states allow prostitution in some areas. Some allow Las Vegas type gambling establishments and some only allow gambling on Indian owned land.
I think that each state and its people should decide.
2007-04-04 07:30:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, abortion would be legal. The anti-choice crowd is a minority group.
Edit: It's a moot point anyway. It's not a state's rights issue any more than a free press is a state's rights issue. The right to dominion over one's body and property is guaranteed in the Constitution, as it should be. Of course, there are other laws that trample on that as well, but the government (both federal and state governments) does not have the power to dictate such things legally... without amending the Constitution to limit the Bill of Rights... which you'd have to be unAmerican to suggest.
2007-04-04 07:29:33 · answer #4 · answered by leftist1234 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
First term abortions. For women over the age of consent. I would have to say legal. Of course once you look after the first trimester or get into teenagers things get sticky I'm not sure how the majority stands.
2007-04-04 07:28:20 · answer #5 · answered by Elizabeth N 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) of 1973 failed to win the nation's vote. It would have simply made women (and gays) equal under the law. It never passed. Still hasn't.
I am not asking that abortion be made illegal. I am simply asking that the Supreme Court over-turn Roe v. Wade as illegal judicial legislation, and send the vote to the States, where the Constitution put it in the first place.
Roe v. Wade was activist judicial legislation, riding the wave of civil rights legislation. Supposedly a "privacy issue." Read the case, the facts are horrible. Bad facts make bad law.
2007-04-04 07:27:42 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
If it were a nationwide election, then it would be legal. Last I knew, 60 percent of americans are pro-choice, it is just a very loud 40% that makes it seem 50-50.
2007-04-04 07:51:58 · answer #7 · answered by miggity182 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well chuck d and norm are gone but the same old a hole is back. get another issue. why don't you just run for office and then you can introduce the legislation you want. do you honestly spend every single second of every day worrying about abortion. your life must be pretty boring.
2007-04-04 07:34:14 · answer #8 · answered by quetzalcoatl 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If there had been no Roe v Wade things would have kept going the way they were. Some states allowed abortion some states did not.
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2007-04-04 07:29:32 · answer #9 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
With men being the cheating lying pigs we are and women afraid to ruin their bodies with stretch marks and fat till they nail some guy down to support them for life thru marriage I can only believe that it would be legal .
The women who are having children are the single Black women that are poor who use the children as income .
So we would still have growing poverty and things would be much the same as they are now .
White educated middle class women who had a few beers slept with a stranger and want to fix the problem by murdering the child growing inside .
2007-04-04 07:31:38 · answer #10 · answered by trouble maker 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋