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Originally Posted by Hehe
This is actually not true.
SCOTUS is overturning the landmark decision on the basis that abortion is not a constitutional right and should not be up to the decision of SCOTUS, but instead something that either federal or state lawmakers should make their own decision and therefore appropriate law.
To put it more precisely, in no country, including Canada, is abortion a right protected by either charter or constitution. And thus, it's not up to Supreme Court to decide whether abortion should be legal or not.
Don't get me wrong, I fully support abortion as I feel if a person is not able to give a child a proper environment or condition to grow up, they should not have kids and are therefore free to choose whether they want to have kids or not. However, there are many things involved when it comes to abortion, pretty much at the same level as assisted suicide, that make it so controversial.
Thus, I think it's ok for SCOTUS to revisit its prior decision. They are NOT BANNING it. They just left it for Fed/State gov't to decide on their own and it's not something SCOTUS would interfere.
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That is categorically incorrect. There is no absolute need to challenge Roe v Wade which codifies abortion rights. Roe v Wade is integral not only to abortion but to other intimate human rights/relationships.
If Roe v Wade is struck down it essentially opens the door to unravel tied current rights, it's also tied to things like the right to procreate, access to contraception, intimate relationships, like the right to marry. All of which can be repealed and challenged on the state level if removed. Some state legislators are already cooking up ideas to ban rights to contraceptives, which in 2022 is fucking insane.
Some rights need to be codified to discourage bad actors. By your way of thinking we can also strike down the Civil Rights act, etc. Such rights can't be left to State legislators, plain and simple.
It's absolutely asinine to think so. If you want some Libertarian bastion, move the fuck to Sierra Leone.