Beet
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« on: September 26, 2020, 10:01:51 AM » |
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No, repealing Roe would be a disaster. It's an established 50 year precedent that is well founded in legal doctrine, and the objections to it are primarily political, not legal. It is something I deeply about. It would also be extremely unpopular with polls showing anywhere from 60% to 75% of Americans opposed to it, even many who are pro-life.
Further, if it is gone then the matter should be settled at the Federal level, since all of the arguments on both sides of the debate depend on universal principles or values that do not change when you cross state lines, and history is extremely clear that fundamental civil rights issues should not be left up to states' rights. That is my view but I feel extremely strongly about this, on all three levels (that abortion rights should be preserved, that Roe should be preserved, and that the issue should be Federal).
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