{"id":1108811,"date":"2021-12-11T11:44:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T16:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1108811"},"modified":"2021-12-11T11:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-11T16:44:12","slug":"elder-if-the-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-what-happens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elder-if-the-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-what-happens\/","title":{"rendered":"ELDER: If The Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade, What Happens?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felder-if-the-supreme-court-overturns-roe-v-wade-what-happens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1108811&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Supreme Court, in a case involving abortion, may, repeat, may overturn or at least dramatically cut back the scope of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that invalidated all states\u2019 anti-abortion laws. Sixteen years ago, I wrote the following:<\/p>\n<p>NBC\u2019s Tim Russert quoted Justice Antonin Scalia, saying, \u201c(Scalia\u2019s quote) may surprise some people: \u2026 \u2018If a state were to permit abortion on demand, I would and could in good conscience vote against an attempt to invalidate that law. \u2026 I have religious views on the subject, but they have nothing whatever to do with my job.&#8217;\u201d Note Russert\u2019s assertion that this \u201cmay surprise some people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This \u201csurprise\u201d is because leftists in academia, mainstream media and Hollywood confuse people on the issue. Roe did not legalize abortion. Rather, the Court discovered a \u201cright to privacy\u201d \u2014 nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>After John Roberts\u2019 nomination to become a Supreme Court justice, a Los Angeles Times reporter wrote: \u201cThe president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), Kim Gandy, warned that of the high court candidates considered by Bush, Roberts was one of the most extreme when it came to the question of overturning the Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion (emphasis added).\u201d Legalized abortion?<\/p>\n<p>Our Founding Fathers restricted the duties, powers and obligations of the federal government, leaving the remainder to the people and to the states themselves. This includes abortion.<\/p>\n<p>In 1971, nearly two years before Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled on United States v. Vuitch, their first case involving abortion. It upheld a District of Columbia law permitting abortion only to preserve a woman\u2019s life or \u201chealth.\u201d The Court, however, generously defined \u201chealth\u201d to include \u201cpsychological and physical well-being.\u201d This effectively allowed abortion for virtually any reason.<\/p>\n<p>In 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade, 13 states \u2014 including Colorado, California, Oregon and North Carolina \u2014 allowed abortion for reasons including the mother\u2019s mental or physical health, rape, incest and fetal deformity. New York allowed abortion on demand up to the 24th week of pregnancy, with similar laws in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. Mississippi allowed abortion for rape and incest, while Alabama allowed abortion for the mother\u2019s physical health. Thirty-one states allowed abortion only to save the mother\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>In a post Roe v. Wade world, what happens?<\/p>\n<p>USA Today conducted a state-by-state analysis. Their analysis expects 11 \u201cconservative states\u201d to immediately pass laws prohibiting abortion. But those \u201cconservative states\u201d only had 122 abortion providers in 2000, less than 7% of the nation\u2019s 1,819 abortion providers. \u201cMost of those 122 providers (65) are in Texas,\u201d writes USA Today. \u201cIf pro-choice forces can hold on to Texas (not unlikely, given the feisty Democratic minority\u2019s tendency to flee to Oklahoma to deny the Legislature a quorum when its members are miffed) we\u2019re down to 57 providers. If the Democrats controlling the Alabama and Arkansas legislatures decided to act like Democrats, not Dixiecrats, that total could fall to 36.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That leaves eight \u201cconservative states\u201d with only 36 abortion providers between them \u2014 an already difficult proposition for any woman seeking an abortion in those states. In six of them \u2014 Mississippi, Kentucky, the Dakotas, Missouri and Nebraska \u2014 a woman cannot find an abortion provider in 97% to 98% of those states\u2019 counties.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, as it stands now, conservative states reduce abortion to almost nonexistence, so a post-Roe world, at least in those states, changes little.<\/p>\n<p>Despite NOW\u2019s support, regular Americans appear wary of Roe\u2019s scope. Yes, according to a recent CBS poll, 59% of Americans call Roe a \u201cgood thing.\u201d But when pressed more specifically, people give answers that change the picture dramatically. Only 25% want abortion on demand \u2014 effectively the Roe position. Fourteen percent want abortion permitted with more restrictions; 38% want abortions permitted in cases of rape, incest and to save women\u2019s lives; 15% want abortion permitted only to save women\u2019s lives; and 3% want abortion not permitted at all. When added together, 70% want greater, not fewer, restrictions on abortion.<\/p>\n<p>With a reversal of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court says this: Where the Constitution fails to provide a specific empowerment for the federal government \u2014 butt out.<\/p>\n<p>Now that may surprise some people.<\/p>\n<p>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Larry Elder is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk show host. His latest book, \u201cThe New Trump Standard,\u201d is available in paperback from Amazon.com and for Nook, Kindle, iBooks and Google Play. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an \u201cElderado,\u201d visit www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @LarryElder. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court, in a case involving abortion, may, repeat, may overturn or at least dramatically cut back the scope of Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that invalidated all states\u2019 anti-abortion laws. Sixteen years ago, I wrote the following:NBC\u2019s Tim Russert quoted Justice Antonin Scalia, saying, \u201c(Scalia\u2019s quote) may surprise some people: \u2026 \u2018If a state were to permit abortion on demand, I would and could in good conscience vote against an attempt to invalidate that law. \u2026 I have religious views on the subject, but they have nothing whatever to do with my job.&#8217;\u201d Note Russert\u2019s assertion that this \u201cmay surprise some people.\u201dThis \u201csurprise\u201d is because leftists in academia, mainstream media and Hollywood confuse people on the issue. Roe did not legalize abortion. Rather, the Court discovered a \u201cright to privacy\u201d \u2014 nowhere mentioned in the Constitution.After John Roberts\u2019 nomination to become a Supreme Court justice, a Los Angeles Times reporter wrote: \u201cThe president of the National Organization for Women (NOW), Kim Gandy, warned that of the high court candidates considered by Bush, Roberts was one of the most extreme when it came to the question of overturning the Roe v. Wade ruling, which legalized abortion (emphasis added).\u201d Legalized abortion?Our Founding Fathers restricted the duties, powers and obligations of the federal government, leaving the remainder to the people and to the states themselves. This includes abortion.In 1971, nearly two years before Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruled on United States v. Vuitch, their first case involving abortion. It upheld a District of Columbia law permitting abortion only to preserve a woman\u2019s life or \u201chealth.\u201d The Court, however, generously defined \u201chealth\u201d to include \u201cpsychological and physical well-being.\u201d This effectively allowed abortion for virtually any reason.In 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade, 13 states \u2014 including Colorado, California, Oregon and North Carolina \u2014 allowed abortion for reasons including the mother\u2019s mental or physical health, rape, incest and fetal deformity. New York allowed abortion on demand up to the 24th week of pregnancy, with similar laws in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington. Mississippi allowed abortion for rape and incest, while Alabama allowed abortion for the mother\u2019s physical health. Thirty-one states allowed abortion only to save the mother\u2019s life.In a post Roe v. Wade world, what happens?USA Today conducted a state-by-state analysis. Their analysis expects 11 \u201cconservative states\u201d to immediately pass laws prohibiting abortion. But those \u201cconservative states\u201d only had 122 abortion providers in 2000, less than 7% of the nation\u2019s 1,819 abortion providers. \u201cMost of those 122 providers (65) are in Texas,\u201d writes USA Today. \u201cIf pro-choice forces can hold on to Texas (not unlikely, given the feisty Democratic minority\u2019s tendency to flee to Oklahoma to deny the Legislature a quorum when its members are miffed) we\u2019re down to 57 providers. If the Democrats controlling the Alabama and Arkansas legislatures decided to act like Democrats, not Dixiecrats, that total could fall to 36.\u201dThat leaves eight \u201cconservative states\u201d with only 36 abortion providers between them \u2014 an already difficult proposition for any woman seeking an abortion in those states. In six of them \u2014 Mississippi, Kentucky, the Dakotas, Missouri and Nebraska \u2014 a woman cannot find an abortion provider in 97% to 98% of those states\u2019 counties.In other words, as it stands now, conservative states reduce abortion to almost nonexistence, so a post-Roe world, at least in those states, changes little.Despite NOW\u2019s support, regular Americans appear wary of Roe\u2019s scope. Yes, according to a recent CBS poll, 59% of Americans call Roe a \u201cgood thing.\u201d But when pressed more specifically, people give answers that change the picture dramatically. Only 25% want abortion on demand \u2014 effectively the Roe position. Fourteen percent want abortion permitted with more restrictions; 38% want abortions permitted in cases of rape, incest and to save women\u2019s lives; 15% want abortion permitted only to save women\u2019s lives; and 3% want abortion not permitted at all. When added together, 70% want greater, not fewer, restrictions on abortion.With a reversal of Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court says this: Where the Constitution fails to provide a specific empowerment for the federal government \u2014 butt out.Now that may surprise some people.The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.Larry Elder is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk show host. His latest book, \u201cThe New Trump Standard,\u201d is available in paperback from Amazon.com and for Nook, Kindle, iBooks and Google Play. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an \u201cElderado,\u201d visit www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @LarryElder. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1108811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1108811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1108811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1108811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1108811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1108811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}