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July 27, 2005
Facts regarding Roe V. Wade
I never realized exactly what was at stake with regard to the possibility of overturning Roe v. Wade. This article in USA Today by Laura Vanderkam provides some statistics and insight into what would probably happen. She states...
In a "worst-case scenario" (for pro-choice types) that included a Texas ban, overturning Roe would affect a maximum of 170 providers, less than 10% of the U.S. total.
In their zeal to fight over the Supreme Court, though, neither side of the abortion debate has absorbed these numbers. Few pro-life groups realize they've fought a 30-year battle to put just a handful of doctors out of business. Pro-choice forces haven't grasped that the millions they'll spend lobbying to block Bush's nominees could tip a lot of legislative races in places such as Kentucky and Texas. Or, for that matter, build a lot of clinics near the borders of states likely to enact or keep abortion bans.
Instead, over the next few years, the two sides will fight the political equivalent of World War I trench warfare - bloody contests over 6 inches of turf. Millions will be spent. Nominees will suffer the same "Borking" fate as Judge Robert Bork did in the 1980s. The filibuster might melt with the "nuclear option."
Becoming aware of numbers like these certainly changes ones perspective on potential strategies while we move forward on this contentious issue.
Posted by Chip Spear at July 27, 2005 9:52 AM
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Since when is this battle about the providers? These statistics are meaningless!
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