State Battles Likely if Roe Overturned A/P Article...interesting

[Lochloosa]

http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/REVERSING_ROE_WHAT_IF?SITE=FLTAM&SECTION=US&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2005-11-05-23-56-47

By DAVID CRARY
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) -- Undoubtedly, there would be tumult - likely roiling every statehouse in the nation. Beyond that, little is certain about what would unfold if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the divisive 1973 decision establishing a woman's right to have an abortion.

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"What an appalling thought - American women reduced to going outside the health care system and acting like they're in a Third World country," said Dr. Wendy Chavkin, a Columbia University professor who chairs Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health.

The political consequences of Roe's reversal would be complex - and perhaps awkward for some Republicans. Roe has been a longtime target of conservative candidates and advocacy groups; its disappearance would shift the battleground to state legislatures where the actual banning of abortion might trouble some swing voters.

"I'm sure there are some Republicans who'd prefer not to deal with it," said Bill Saunders, a bioethics expert with the conservative Family Research Council. "Sometimes politicians like to slough off issues to Supreme Court, and criticize the court and not have to deal with it themselves."

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Couple of things to consider . . .

"If the pre-Roe past is any guide, affluent women in states with bans would likely find ways to have safe abortions, either traveling to a no-ban state . . . " It depends.

1. Congress has had "chatter" about a federal law that makes it illegal for someone other-than-a-parent to take a minor across state lines to an "abortion" state to get the procedure.

2. Another idea is to ban travel across state lines altogether for a pregnant woman of any age to get an abortion (using the commerce clause of all things!) like the Mann Act. If this passed, then it wouldn't matter how much money the woman/girl has, the waiting period, the notification provisions, etc. Women would be reduced to dirty back alley rooms/motel rooms or Canada, Mexico, the Islands, and/or Europe.

[Call me Deacon Blues]

2. The anti-abortion clinic ghouls will be replaced

by crowds of people screaming for identification papers to make sure they're in-state. We need to force their own so-called "morality" back on them. Make sure these Barbara and Jenna clones take their asses back across state lines and have them kids! It's the Christian thing to do, dontja know.

[Zynx]

3. That battle would would destroy the Republican party as we know it.

They rely on a large number of pro-choice voters to get them over 50% in elections. If the battle over abortion reached every state legislature and put the Republicans on the spot, the pro-choice and pro-life wings would be at eachother's throats.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Women are always the first to suffer wherever

patriarch societies exist.

[Pharlo]

5. 'Frontline' 11/08/05

"The Last Abortion Clinic"

Today, the headlines are filled with speculation about changes in the U.S. Supreme Court and what those changes might mean for abortion -- an issue that has divided the country for over 30 years. Heated rhetoric from both sides continues to be heard in courtrooms and on the campaign trail. But while attention is often focused on the arguments, there is another story playing out in local communities. Pro-life advocates have waged a successful campaign to reduce abortions in many places throughout the country. By using state laws to regulate and limit abortion and by creating their own clinics to offer alternatives to women, they have changed the facts on the ground. On Nov. 8, FRONTLINE investigates the steady decline in the number of physicians and clinics performing abortions and focuses on local political battles in states like Mississippi, where only a single clinic performs the controversial procedure.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/clinic/