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Old 05-07-08, 10:49 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Thread Starter Re: Do you wish the abortion argument would go away?

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Originally Posted by aegyptos View Post
Once control over abortions is returned to the states the argument will simmer down. Conservative states will restrict it and liberal states will celebrate it. No reason why one size must fit all in this question. Abortion is not a right. The states should decide for themselves and I'm sure this is where the Roberts court will take us before too much longer after they invalidate Roe vs Wade.
Do you really think anti-choicers will be happy to stop there? They will take their culture war to states that still allow abortion; they will expand their protests against contraception; and anywhere they achieve the tiniest success will see an expansion of the assault against separation of church and state.
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