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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chomolungma who wrote (5641)	12/10/2000 8:00:38 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 6710

Re: Roe v. Wade. I don't think even a conservative court would overturn the decision now, but what would happen if they did? I disagree with your scenario. It would revert back to the states. I strongly doubt that the USSC would say that abortions were unconstitutional per se. They would just say there was no constitutional right to an abortion, and that the issue was a matter of state law. Some states would presumably outlaw abortions (e.g. Utah). Some would presumably allow abortions (starting with California). So the people in non-abortion states would just travel to abortion states, much as people 50 years ago used to travel to Nevada for quickie divorces which were unavailable in their own states. The Congress would, IMO, not even think about passing a federal bill on this. Let the state legislators take the heat, either way!