@YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoAbortions surge in Colorado amid 500% increase in patients from Texascoloradosun.comexternal-linkmessage-square270fedilinkarrow-up1843arrow-down114
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minus-squareaeternumlinkfedilink14•11 months agoI wouldn’t put it past them to make it illegal to travel to another US state to get an abortion.
minus-square@SCB@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink19•11 months agoThat’s in violation of the commerce clause of the constitution That’s why you can buy weed in Colorado and not be prosecuted in Texas, as an example.
minus-square@treefrog@lemm.eelinkfedilink15•11 months agoSo basically someone would have to appeal it to the SC if the feds came after them. Considering the state of the court, I wouldn’t count on the commerce clause standing in regards to prosecuting abortions.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilink12•edit-211 months agoIt is a violation until it goes to scotus who will say that it doesn’t apply just like with the precedent of Roe v Wade and that made up case about a website for a gay couple.
minus-square@SCB@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilink4•11 months agoI definitely understand the sentiment, but this is literally written into the constitution - the others are reinterpretations of former decisions They’re both bullshit, and one didn’t even have standing, but they’re much easier to “justify”
minus-squareaeternumlinkfedilink4•11 months agowell,that’s definitely a good thing. Thanks for informing me
minus-square@LEDZeppelin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•11 months agoLol. What constitution? Do republicans know or even care about it?
minus-squareaeternumlinkfedilink1•11 months agoamerica has a constitution? repubs must have thought it was toilet paper.
I wouldn’t put it past them to make it illegal to travel to another US state to get an abortion.
That’s in violation of the commerce clause of the constitution
That’s why you can buy weed in Colorado and not be prosecuted in Texas, as an example.
So basically someone would have to appeal it to the SC if the feds came after them.
Considering the state of the court, I wouldn’t count on the commerce clause standing in regards to prosecuting abortions.
It is a violation until it goes to scotus who will say that it doesn’t apply just like with the precedent of Roe v Wade and that made up case about a website for a gay couple.
I definitely understand the sentiment, but this is literally written into the constitution - the others are reinterpretations of former decisions
They’re both bullshit, and one didn’t even have standing, but they’re much easier to “justify”
well,that’s definitely a good thing. Thanks for informing me
Lol. What constitution? Do republicans know or even care about it?
america has a constitution? repubs must have thought it was toilet paper.