Abortion in a Post-Roe world: 22 states likely to "significantly restrict abortion access"

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Two hours after South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds signed an abortion ban last month, NARAL Pro-Choice America blasted an e-mail to its supporters: "Is your state next?"
The South Dakota legislation and the abortion rights group's warning are early skirmishes in a battle over what states would do if the landmark Roe v. Wade decision were overturned — though both sides concede that may never happen.

If it does, a fight that for three decades has focused on nine members of the Supreme Court would be waged instead among more than 7,000 legislators in 50 state capitals.

"Now is the time to get moving on this in Ohio," says Tom Brinkman, a state legislator who has introduced a bill to ban almost all abortions. Meanwhile, Kellie Copeland of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio is braced. "Our supporters feel the fight is coming back to the states," she says.

What would states do?

The momentum seems to be building. It feels like more and more people...pro-choice folks too (pdf)...are talking about Roe as "bad law".

Personally, I think the issue belongs with the states and not the federal government. I also think that the "convenience" of abortion as birth control has gotten out of hand. The "choice" should be made to not have a child before conception, and there sure doesn't appear to be any constitutional right to speak of...although I'm no expert.

Interesting perspective from a Schiavo lawyer here.

Could abortion be the demise of Europe as we know it...here.

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