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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a Democrat, pro-choice, and a law professor. With that said, I agree with Justice Ginsburg: the logic of Roe was haphazardly pieced together. Casey is proof of that. My sincere hope is the final decision gives some limited federal protection at the federal level, kicks it back to the states, and opens the door for an equal protections argument in the future.[/quote]

In other words, you do not believe women have the right to bodily autonomy or to make their own medical decisions.  [/quote]

I do, but the Roe legal argument was not super great. Roe should be about equal protection, not privacy.[/quote]

How does equal protection work in this context when no one else is similarly situated with women in relation to pregnancy?[/quote]

Women's ability to equally participate in economic and social life is dependent, in part, on their control over their reproduction.[/quote]

You think that's better than a privacy-based argument?  The obvious answer is that pregnancy is something women "choose" (since the Republican position doesn't allow for the possibility that women can become pregnant despite using birth control or as a result of rape or incest) and they are not entitled to protection from the consequences of their personal choices.[/quote]

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