Each state could then determine if it would allow abortion to be legal. Is this correct?
2007-11-01 14:19:15 · 14 answers · asked by Chi Guy 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Yes. The reversal of Roe v.Wade would allow abortion decisions to return to the states. Most people do not realize that Roe v. Wade only overturned Texas law at the time. The rest of the U.S. had similar laws so the entire nation began following the U.S. Supreme Court decision. If the other states had not, each state would have ended up in the Supreme Court and each state would have had their abortion bans overturned. Interestingly, the ban on abortion is still in my state statutes, it just isn't enforced but it's never been repealed by my state legislature.
2007-11-01 14:25:46 · answer #1 · answered by David M 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but many evangelicals are looking for ways to bring a constitutional ban on abortion. This will effectively make abortion illegal in the U.S. So you see the problem isn't overturning Roe v. Wade because we all know it won't make abortion illegal. However, this is the first step on many pro-life organization's agenda towards making abortion illegal. If abortion is no longer protected under the Supreme Court as 'law of the land' then it gives way for Congress to bring over a ban on abortion. This is why many people are against overturning Roe v. Wade.
2007-11-01 21:50:03 · answer #2 · answered by cynical 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Either that, or people would resort to the very dangerous procedure of having back alley abortions.
People have been having abortions for hundreds of years, long before Roe vs Wade decision, a court ruling one way or the other is not going to stop it.
The question is do you want a safe sanitary way of doing it, or do you want to expose the pregnant woman to a more riskier procedure.
2007-11-01 21:57:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Uh technically, it would be a "free for all", some more conservative states would probably rush through anti-abortion legislation, more moderate and liberal states would legalize it as it stands at the federal level and females in states where it isn't legal would travel to states where it is legal to have their terminations.
But yes, it would clear the way for each state to enact its own legislation. None have because State Law cannot supercede Federal law. If it could, marijuana would be legal in something like 11 states by now.
2007-11-01 21:27:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Essentially. What some people forget is that abortions were already legal in some states before Roe.
2007-11-01 21:25:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
yes, overturning roe v wade would not make abortion illegal. it would simply give the people the power to decide for themselves what they want to be legal or not.
you know, like a democracy is supposed to work
2007-11-01 21:39:39 · answer #6 · answered by iberius 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
back alley abortions?????????? what a joke. you think people actually used to have abortions in alleys? what a maroon. a "back alley abortion" is simply where the patient enters the abortion mill from the rear entrance in the alley instead of the front door, because she doesn't want anyone to see her go in. the abortion is still performed by a qualified doctor
2007-11-03 12:42:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is true. Without an over-arching constitutional protection of privacy rights, states would be free to make such laws (and, probably many others, for that matter).
2007-11-01 21:23:22 · answer #8 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Maybe, but I'd hate to be a woman living in the middle of Texas if I was raped.
2007-11-01 21:28:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-11-01 21:27:51 · answer #10 · answered by fake_cowboy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋