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To: marktwain

I get that the Court ruled that the federal government can’t legalize abortion as they did it but did they absolutely rule that Congress can’t make abortion illegal?


12 posted on 05/08/2024 4:10:30 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12
They ruled that Roe v. Wade was incorrectly decided.

That returned the law back to before Roe v. Wade was decided, where abortion was a state issue.

It is hard to see how abortion could become under federal jurisdiction, unless by an enormous stretch of the Commerce Clause.

However, such a stretch has been made for the EPA and the endangered species act.

Progressives want no limit to federal power. That includes no limit on federal power over the states.

15 posted on 05/08/2024 4:21:55 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: ansel12
I get that the Court ruled that the federal government can’t legalize abortion as they did it but did they absolutely rule that Congress can’t make abortion illegal?

The Court ruled that the previous interpretation of Roe v. Wade was not correct--there was nothing in the Constitution to guarantee abortion was a protected right, and it overturned the ruling.

That action did not suddenly make abortion illegal, it merely returned the decision back to the States.

If it wanted, Congress could pass laws about abortion, either completely keep it with whatever restrictions it decided, or completely ban it with whatever allowances it decided.

Tread carefully.

25 posted on 05/08/2024 7:42:57 AM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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