The_Doctor
SilentCal1924
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« on: December 22, 2014, 05:48:08 PM » |
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I can see a future where Roe v. Wade is effectively dead but not the letter of the ruling. (Or Planned Parenthood, 1992). Interestingly, this country is becoming steadily more pro-life relative to past years. The PBA was not in law in 1992, and the 20 week ban wasn't even seriously discussed until the Republican wave of 2010.
Eventually, I figure the 20 week ban will become law like the partial birth abortions and more abortion clinics will be shut down, becoming a specialty of liberal havens on the coasts and Illinois & Minnesota. Birth control will still be freely available, but abortions will be increasingly more difficult to obtain in the vast majority of the country.
I think down the road, if we're very good at framing the issue, we can get it down to 10 weeks. It can't probably go beyond that.
It's unfortunate, but we will never get legal abortions down to 0 and never will make it completely illegal (except for the mother's life). But we've made great strides since 2010 to undercut the access and availability to abortion clinics and hindered the ability to open new ones, while shuttering many clinics. I count that as a solid victory.
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