(06-24-2022, 06:46 PM)copycat Wrote: I think that was the entire point of this ruling.  As the constitution is currently written Roe v Wade should have NEVER been allowed.  From a legal stand point as I understand it this was the only conclusion SCOTUS could have made correcting a mistake made in 1974.  Judge RBG confirmed this in statements prior to her passing.  If the masses do not like this ruling then change the law, something Congress has refused to address because they lack the courage to commit and have kicked that can down the road for 50 years.

I've seen a number of various polls but they all say relatively the same thing.  A small % of Americans support abortion in all cases.  And an even smaller % support a ban in all cases.  Nearly 70% support some form of abortion but with limitations.  And an even higher % support abortion in all cases where the life of the mother is at risk.  In theory this should be one of the easiest political fights to find a middle ground.  Just need to figure out the right number of weeks that someone can choose to have an elective abortion.  Up to 15 weeks?  20?  etc...  But Congress has never been forced to have this discussion.  For 50 years all you got was a bunch of political grandstanding because no politician was forced to back up their words under the cover of the roe v wade decision.  If Congress was able to pass a federal law, I suppose the supreme court could strike it down.  But my hunch is they'd be far less likely to strike down a law passed by Congress as opposed to roe v wade which was essentially a made up law from a prior court decision.

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