by Sandy » Thu May 16, 2019 7:30 pm
It's a bit confusing to determine what those who are against abortion are looking for. For decades, it was simply evil babykilling and they were working to overturn the Roe decision and then get federal legislation to end the practice nationally. There was a time when that might have been possible, but now, I'm not sure that they'll ever get a case in front of the Supreme Court to overturn Roe, which most of the current justices, including some of the right wingers, refer to as "settled law." In some cases, "pro-life" advocates are settling for limits on late term abortions which I see as hypocritical.
This will get struck down by a federal court along the way and the Supreme Court will effectively kill it by not hearing the case. There are seven "settled law" justices when it comes to Roe, and I'm not sure about Gorsuch. Alito would most likely vote to hear the case but if Gorsuch d