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Originally Posted by Pierre
Well they have to work within the confines of their democratic system and not circumvent it via the courts. Roe v Wade and the actions resulting from that were unconstitutional (which is a big thing in the US)
If they can’t get a federal bill through , then it’s down to state legislature.
Many states will still offer abortions, if your state doesn’t, then lobby the state senate and Governor and /or vote them out.
Again……..democracy.
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The Supreme Court and the Constitution are intentionally designed to guarantee some rights. For a time they had decided that a woman's right to choose was one of them. The debate is if it should be.
I understand you're saying these rights shouldn't circumvent lawmakers by using the court but that's their system. If we want to debate the merits of their democracy, I would also find fault with a system where California's 40 million people get the same level of representation as Wyoming's 500,000 people. A system which means
61% of Americans can support the right to have an abortion but legislation to protect that is never likely to pass because those people aren't distributed across the country. But again, their system.
Personally, I think there should be protection for individual rights beyond a show of hands at any given time. People's fundamental rights should not be taken from them because a majority (or this case, a minority) simply say so. And as long as America recognises this concept of inalienable rights then it's legitimate to question the court on what those rights should be.