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Originally Posted by politicophile
One final point: if Roe is overturned, what happens to the right to abortion?
A common answer: abortion immediately becomes illegal throughout the United States.
This is, of course, completely false. If Roe is overturned, states will then have the opportunity to decide for themselves if they are interested in banning abortions or not. Thus, abortion would soon be banned in the bible belt, but would remain legal in the blue states.
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actually, i have to disagree with you. you're techinically right, but many states still have anti-abortion laws on the books. so as soon as roe v. wade is overturned, those go back into effect. i think i read that when roe was originally decided, abortion was illegal in like 45 or 48 states. some may have made it legal, some may have removed the old ones, but i bet most would revert back to the old laws and make it illegal immediately.