Really? It's entirely predictable that Congressional Dems weren't going to pass federal law legalizing abortion. They've had many chances (usually better for them than the current Congress) since Roe and never did.
The only reason Roe even happened is because of the impossibility of a law being enacted to federalize abortion by traditional means. Using the same logic you could simply legalize anything by Fiat, because you wrote a law. Thats anti democratic at the outset. Not saying retarded sociopaths won’t try, but there is no legal avenue to support the method.
The only reason Roe even happened is because of the impossibility of a law being enacted to federalize abortion by traditional means.
I don't think you can say this. Abortion was illegal in nearly all states. It would not have passed. But point taken, in that you can get stuff done by courts that Congress would not (IMO) have the power to pass.
What I'm arguing here is that the Democrats, who do believe they can pass this law, probably didn't because it would splinter their coalition. The original codification went further than Roe, because otherwise there would be no point in passing it. They were trying to pass it to remove restrictions on abortion passed by states.
Now it's arguably more urgent from their POV. If they don't at least try, their base will regard themselves as useful idiots.
I still cannot understand how an open feminist who ran touting her ties to a feminist organization is doing the right thing on any level.
Answers on the back of a postcard.
Really? It's entirely predictable that Congressional Dems weren't going to pass federal law legalizing abortion. They've had many chances (usually better for them than the current Congress) since Roe and never did.
It makes more sense now, because now it will actually have an effect.
The only reason Roe even happened is because of the impossibility of a law being enacted to federalize abortion by traditional means. Using the same logic you could simply legalize anything by Fiat, because you wrote a law. Thats anti democratic at the outset. Not saying retarded sociopaths won’t try, but there is no legal avenue to support the method.
I don't think you can say this. Abortion was illegal in nearly all states. It would not have passed. But point taken, in that you can get stuff done by courts that Congress would not (IMO) have the power to pass.
What I'm arguing here is that the Democrats, who do believe they can pass this law, probably didn't because it would splinter their coalition. The original codification went further than Roe, because otherwise there would be no point in passing it. They were trying to pass it to remove restrictions on abortion passed by states.
Now it's arguably more urgent from their POV. If they don't at least try, their base will regard themselves as useful idiots.