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>I think that's as democratic as it gets.

I don't. Let's be realistic: everytime we go "states rights" it's almost always so the state can control some sector of the population. We reworked the articles of confederation for a reason. We're one country. Not 50. Land of the free right?

Something as base as bodily operations should be a personal choice, just like any other religious belief out there. Not determined by the mood of your mayor.

If you want a purely logistical reason instead of moral: banning abortion doesn't ban abortions. It just increases infantcide, something we all disagree with. If someone doesn't want a baby, they'll get rid of it. Same ideas as prohibition. And do we really want to punish a woman for an operation she did on her body? In another state or in the backstreets?

>Besides, even Ginsburg was against the Roe vs Wade ruling. S

Yes, for reasons in that the Supreme Court doesn't enact laws. She instead wanted congress to make it a federal protection. But look how thars going. Almost like she knew a shift in the courts can remove it easier than a passed law...

>Another one is that ee pulled out of the Iran Nuclear deal.

I Guess it's nice we made up for Regean decades later. I'll give him that