Does the Public Understand Roe v Wade?

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by joeydb

It's the other way around - it is arrogant to presume that the only solution for "ill-equipped parents" (gee, how did that happen? ) is to kill (or render lifeless if you prefer) the living, growing organism that will be a fully developed human being.

And if I haven't been clear - it is the current state of the law that I find objectionable. That law - decided by nine unelected Supreme Court justices in 1973 - has led other citizens down this path. In other words, there was no legal abortion before 1973. In times past, people would have found a way to have the baby and make it work. Or they would have planned better.

But when the law says something is OK, and then people pursue the action, it's the law that is to blame. Someday if they regret what they've done, it was the legality of abortion that misled them.

I'm sure history has many names of unplanned children who later went on to achieve great things. It doesn't always end in a tragedy.

There was legal abortion before 1973. It was up to the state before the 1973 decision. Abortion was legal in several states and it was illegal in other states. Some of the people in the states where it was illegal sued. They took it all the way to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that no state could outlaw abortion. That was the ruling, that no state can ban abortion. So all the states where it was illegal had to change their laws. In all the other states, where abortion was already legal, it obviously stayed legal.

So if Roe v Wade is overturned, all that will mean is that states will once again have the right to decide for themselves. If that happens, some of the really conservative states may once again outlaw abortion. Which states are the most conservative? A couple of the states that come mind are states like Wyoming and Mississippi. Those two states would be two of the most likely to pass laws outlawing abortion.