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Question: Let's suppose the Supreme Court decides to take up a case involving a state banning all abortions except to save a woman's life, thus putting into jeopardy the Roe vs. Wade decision -how would you hope the Supreme Court would rule on the case?
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Leave Roe vs. Wade in place, but support imposing additional restrictions on women's access to abortion		  
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Overturn Roe vs. Wade, and outlaw abortion on the national level		  
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Overturn Roe vs. Wade, and leave the issue to each individual state		  
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Leave Roe vs. Wade in place as is		  
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Other (please specify)		  
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« Reply #75 on: July 05, 2009, 07:15:50 PM »
« edited: July 05, 2009, 07:19:23 PM by SayNoToRomney »
Quote from: Bayh! `10 on July 05, 2009, 06:57:17 PM
I'm actually going to agree with the Romney Hater...


As if we disagree everywhere else.

Yes, I do hate Romney, but what does that have to do with the topic being discussed here?

Now of course I am pleased to see that we are in agreement on this issue. But I see no reason why my opinion of Romney has anything to do with this.
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« Reply #76 on: July 05, 2009, 07:34:55 PM »
Eh. Just keep it. Otherwise women will just be using clothes hangers instead.
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« Reply #77 on: July 05, 2009, 08:39:52 PM »
Quote from: Fading Frodo on July 05, 2009, 05:41:59 PM
With Sonia Sotomayor pretty much on course to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, I think it's time to bump this...

Why?  I don't see her appointment changing the balance of the court on this issue very much.
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« Reply #78 on: July 05, 2009, 08:55:59 PM »
Quote from: SayNoToRomney on July 05, 2009, 07:15:50 PM
Quote from: Bayh! `10 on July 05, 2009, 06:57:17 PM
I'm actually going to agree with the Romney Hater...


As if we disagree everywhere else.

Yes, I do hate Romney, but what does that have to do with the topic being discussed here?

Now of course I am pleased to see that we are in agreement on this issue. But I see no reason why my opinion of Romney has anything to do with this.
Jeesh, I'm just mentioning the fact that I'm agreeing with someone who is 100% opposite of me on political candidates.
Wink Sorry, my lame attempt at a joke.
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« Reply #79 on: July 05, 2009, 09:04:41 PM »
Quote from: Ernest on July 05, 2009, 08:39:52 PM
Quote from: Fading Frodo on July 05, 2009, 05:41:59 PM
With Sonia Sotomayor pretty much on course to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, I think it's time to bump this...

Why?  I don't see her appointment changing the balance of the court on this issue very much.

Some pro-choice groups beg to differ. 

The thing is, none of us know for sure.  Who knew, for instance, that David Souter would vote to uphold the decision in Planned Parenthood vs. Casey, when everyone expected the opposite?  And there are probably some other examples out there that don't readily come to my mind.
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« Reply #80 on: July 06, 2009, 03:41:12 PM »
Option 2 would be the wrong way to do the right thing.

Option 3 is more in line with the Constitution, even if it allows some states to be wrong.
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« Reply #81 on: July 06, 2009, 11:38:54 PM »
Quote from: Brandon H on July 06, 2009, 03:41:12 PM
Option 2 would be the wrong way to do the right thing.

Option 3 is more in line with the Constitution, even if it allows some states to be wrong.

States' Rights (not the poster) = Conservative Cop-Out
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« Reply #82 on: March 07, 2010, 01:29:13 AM »
     Option 4
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« Reply #83 on: March 07, 2010, 02:50:15 AM »
I would hope that they overturn Roe v. Wade, and decide that abortion should be left to the various states.  What is so wrong, with letting the people of state A, who believe abortion is murder, ban abortion, while letting the people of state B, who believe in a woman's right to choose, legalize abortion?  What is being done in the name of civil rights and equality, is in reality being done in the name of tyranny.
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« Reply #84 on: March 07, 2010, 09:37:03 PM »
Overturn Roe vs. Wade, and leave the issue to each individual state

Then get to work on getting the murder of the unborn banned at the state level.
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« Reply #85 on: March 14, 2010, 03:56:44 PM »
Roe v. Wade isn't the law of the land. Planned Parenthood v. Casey and Gonzales v. Carhart substantially weakened Roe v. Wade.
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« Reply #86 on: March 14, 2010, 03:57:26 PM »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on March 14, 2010, 03:56:44 PM
Roe v. Wade isn't the law of the land. Planned Parenthood v. Casey and Gonzales v. Carhart substantially weakened Roe v. Wade.

Too bad the SC didn't overturn Roe vs. Wade.
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« Reply #87 on: March 14, 2010, 04:03:44 PM »
The court would never overturn it.
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« Reply #88 on: March 14, 2010, 07:32:08 PM »
Overturn Roe vs. Wade, and leave the issue to each individual state.
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« Reply #89 on: March 15, 2010, 05:47:51 AM »
Quote from: keeping things simple on March 14, 2010, 07:32:08 PM
Overturn Roe vs. Wade, and leave the issue to each individual state.
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« Reply #90 on: March 15, 2010, 03:30:47 PM »
Option 2, if I could.
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« Reply #91 on: March 15, 2010, 04:17:41 PM »
I would hope for 2, and be satisfied with 3
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« Reply #92 on: March 15, 2010, 04:18:56 PM »
To be honest, I'm pro-choice but it should be a regional issue anyway.
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« Reply #93 on: March 15, 2010, 06:29:30 PM »
     Well I suppose the point that supporting the federalist position on an issue for any reason other than a purely strategic one is the wrong way to go applies to anyone, but I was specifically addressing that to other libertarians, continuing from my previous post.
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« Reply #94 on: March 15, 2010, 06:32:22 PM »
To answer the question you kicked, Mechaman has the freedom to move to any state he chooses to live under a code of laws that best suits his beliefs. How is that not libertarian?
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« Reply #95 on: March 15, 2010, 07:00:41 PM »
Quote from: keeping things simple on March 15, 2010, 06:32:22 PM
To answer the question you kicked, Mechaman has the freedom to move to any state he chooses to live under a code of laws that best suits his beliefs. How is that not libertarian?

     It subordinates people to a collective, by suggesting they have to deal with its rules or leave. Granted the anarchical implications of that are unfeasible, but a more viable course of action would be to steadfastly & tirelessly campaign for a government that imposes paternalistic controls on neither social life nor economic life.
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« Reply #96 on: March 15, 2010, 09:24:10 PM »
I believe the federalist approach is the best way to preserve abortion rights (or, alternatively, the rights of fetuses).  Otherwise, the rights of women (and fetuses) across the country is subject to a simple majority in one legislative body, the United States Congress.  Or, the Supreme Court.
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« Reply #97 on: March 15, 2010, 10:51:26 PM »
Overturn Roe v. Wade and ban abortion outright at the national level and put in place strong penalties for the abortion seeker and the abortionist.
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« Reply #98 on: March 15, 2010, 11:39:48 PM »
If anybody could direct me to the part of the Constitution that says Congress has the power to ban or legalize abortion, that would be lovely.  Oh, nevermind, it's probably covered by the Commerce Clause for some reason.
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« Reply #99 on: March 15, 2010, 11:45:13 PM »
Quote from: Governor Morgan Brykein on March 15, 2010, 11:39:48 PM
If anybody could direct me to the part of the Constitution that says Congress has the power to ban or legalize abortion, that would be lovely.  Oh, nevermind, it's probably covered by the Commerce Clause for some reason.

Probably the same clause they use to criminalize other murders, in all likelihood. Then again, you're looking at an issue that activist judges ruled on instead of going through the proper legislative process.
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