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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
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To: Machaon who wrote (121643)1/11/2001 1:28:38 AM
From: D. Long  Read Replies (3) of 769670
 
"<< I myself would like to see the matter returned to the states to be argued out in the legislatures. >>

That would be a disaster. 50 states with 50 different "reproductive freedom" policies"

And how would that be a disaster? That was the situation before Roe v. Wade. It is to a large part what we have now - some states have more or less strict allowances for abortion. Many women in PA for example, go to NJ because the laws are more lax. It being such a divisive issue, it is in the best interest of both pro-life and pro-choice camps to fight it out in the states, where there is a greater chance of having one's voice heard, and affecting an outcome. If it remains on the federal level, then all bets are off if Roe v. Wade is overturned. On the state level, there is probably a greater chance of maintaining the legality of abortion on the grounds that it seems most Americans, though they might agree it distasteful and horrid practice, do not want to return to the days of back-alley abortion quacks.

Returning the issue to the states might be distasteful, for God forbid one would have to stoop to political activism for a cause. And on the state level yet. Who gets publicity for state-level causes? <sarcasm off here>

Derek
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