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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much truth here.  Europe’s countries all have different limits on abortion - just as we will if the states are given the right to legislate this issue.  Europe has managed to let their voters make the decision.

In Europe, abortion is legal in most countries, with limits that are more strict than ours, as a result of DEMOCRATIC CHOICE.

“[b]Note that European abortion policy has mostly ended up where opinion polls suggest most Americans would prefer to be: with abortion legal in the first trimester but with more restrictions later, and with some checks such as a waiting period or parental notification for minors. The main abortion lesson from Europe is that voters can be trusted with such an important issue.[/b]

If the U.S. Supreme Court rules on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization as last week’s leak suggests, this new abortion politics will be an adjustment for partisans—on both sides—accustomed to haranguing 100 Senators over Supreme Court nominations rather than persuading millions of voters. But what a relief if America can look forward one day to the relative political peace Europe enjoys on this contentious moral question.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-abortion-law-roe-v-wade-supreme-court-european-union-leak-alito-dobbs-pro-life-choice-civil-womens-rights-11651757568[/quote]

Americans are absolutely trusted to make decisions about abortion, just with certain limits on what legislatures can do (the normal situation when dealing with someone's rights). Restrictions later in pregnancy, waiting periods, and notification requirements are all features of American abortion law where the legislatures have enacted them. Overturning Roe and Casey is completely unnecessary to have those restrictions.[/quote]

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