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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even if Roe v wade falls, it will still be up to states to decide the legality of abortion. You can all move to states that you agree with or you can elect state representatives to decide the issue. Will it become more difficult in some states? possibly but not as much as you think.[/quote]

This the correct answer.  Whether or not abortion is legal will be decided by the states.  This is the situation as it existed before Roe v. Wade, consistent, in the view of many, with the Tenth Amendment.  There are those who oppose Roe v.Wade not because it made abortion legal, but because it required all the states to make it legal, taking away the states' right to determine this issue for themselves.  I personally believe that this decision began a huge rift in the country between those who believe strongly in states rights and those who believe strongly in a federal overlay on those rights through living interpretation of the Constitution.

If you live in Maryland, Virginia, or DC nothing happens to the right to abortion because of an overturning of Roe v. Wade.  If anything, it could lead to even further liberalization in those states.  For example, without Roe v. Wade, SCOTUS imposed constraints on third term abortions could be removed in those states. [/quote]

Basic constitutional protections aren't a matter of a state prerogative.  Are you okay with states outlawing interracial marriage?  What about prohibiting unmarried couples from using birth control?  Arresting people for engaging in sexual acts with persons of the same sex?  Denying accommodations or services to same sex couples?  [/quote]

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