Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] what majority wants Bush?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:

> Mike Miller wrote:
>> How would you like to live in a country where, in some states, abortion 
>> was perfectly legal and acceptable, maybe even paid for by the state, 
>> while in other states, abortion was considered homicide, the most 
>> serious crime, with the death penalty a possible punishment.  Without 
>> Roe v. Wade imposing uniformity on state laws, I think the country I 
>> just described was a real possibility for us.
>
>
> But such uniformity, if it is to be imposed, should not be decided by 
> the whim of a Supreme Court 5-4 decision.  It should be decided by a 
> national debate, ultimately leading to either a Federal Law or a 
> Constitutional Ammendment.  That is the honest way.


I think we've had a national debate for the past 50 years or so, and the 
result is inconclusive.  People disagree very strongly and that isn't 
going to change.  We have a Federal Law, don't we?  The Roe v. Wade 
decision establishes that no state may make abortion illegal.

Mike
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