Roe v. Wade Hypothetical

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Let's suppose a state legislature with the support of its governor -let's pick Georgia as an example- decides to ban all abortions except to save the would-be mother's life.  The Georgia branch of Planned Parenthood and NARAL takes the state to court, and reaches the Supreme Court after the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal overturns a lower-court judge's ruling invalidating the legislation.

Given that the ruling contradicts other circuit courts of appeal in other regions of the union, the Supreme Court agrees to take up the case.  How do you hope they would rule on it?

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And also (I see someone has already replied), how do you think the Supreme Court would rule if such a case ever reached it?

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if Roe was overturned, what do you think the abortion policy map would look like?

I would guess that the South as a whole (basically the former Confederacy, plus Oklahoma and Kentucky) would have some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country, as well as Utah, Indiana, and the plains states (i.e. Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota).

The only states that would ban abortion outright (with no exceptions at all) would likely be those in the Deep South or in Utah. 

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With Sonia Sotomayor pretty much on course to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, I think it's time to bump this...

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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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Since abortion seems to have become a hot topic as of late...