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To: thames_sider who wrote (4892)	11/3/2005 7:46:04 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 541990

I don't think people expect it to happen. If it does, I think you can expect rich people to get their abortions elsewhere, and we'll see a huge black market in the abortifactant drugs, and, as usual, we'll see the burden of the change fall on the poor in the red states, who can't go elsewhere (to a blue state) for medical treatment. If Roe is overturned, I think the wrath of the nation would fix on the republicans, since they would be blamed for the overturning- and I think it would serve them right. I hate to see social upheaval, but in this case, it would almost be worth it to see the republicans tarred and feathered. But only almost worth it.

To: thames_sider who wrote (4892)	11/3/2005 8:38:35 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 541990

I'm curious... what do you (US) people think would be the actual effect, in real life, if Roe vs Wade were overturned and (presumably) abortion was effectively illegal? Repealing Roe vs. Wade would not itself make abortion illegal. It would be legal in the majority of states, and esp. in states covering a majority of the population.

To: thames_sider who wrote (4892)	11/4/2005 7:00:35 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541990

I'm curious... what do you (US) people think would be the actual effect, in real life, if Roe vs Wade were overturned and (presumably) abortion was effectively illegal? It wouldn't be effectively illegal. It was legal in most states pre Roe and we would revert to that. There would be big fights in the states and we'd still end up with a mixed bag. The main legal issue would eventually be whether it was legal to transport a minor across a state line to get an abortion. Choicers would start funding transport for poor women to places where they could get abortions. The better off would go to destination resorts/clinics. There would also be a lot of effort put into non-surgical abortion techniques, which could operate under the radar in abolitionist states. The lifers can't stop abortion with anything short of a constitutional amendment.