We need to Start passing State constituional amendments that protect all methods of family planning

[KWR65]

We need to start getting constitutional amendments passed that legalize contraceptives and abortion in as many States as we can. The reason is that right now we are dependent on two SCOTUS rulings that they can change and birth control and abortion could be outlawed in many States again. If that does happen then millions of women will lose the right to regulate the health of their own bodies. The vote in Ireland shows that millennials favor reproductive rights for all women.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Laws made by those WHO DO NOT have Vaginas or Uteruses......

And the stupid who do. We must vote people. Complancicy is not an option.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

2. Supremacy Clause

State Constitutions are still subject to the Supremacy clause. In the event SCOTUS overturns Roe, no amount of State Amendments would prevent the Federal government from restricting things. Federal law overrides State Constitutions as well.

[grantcart]

4. Reversing Roe would return the status quo back to where it was

I.e. legislated by state law. There has never been a federal prohibition of abortion so the supremacy clause would not attach.

When the SC ruled that it was am inherent right the supremacy clause overruled state prohibition.

In the absence of Roe California law would become the law in California.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

7. Yes, of course

What I was trying to say is that if Roe is overturned, then state laws and amendments would only help as long as the Federal government stays out of it. A SCOTUS that overturns Roe can not be counted on to prevent the feds from passing a federal ban and over ruling state laws and amendments.

[BlueWI]

3. Great idea. I hope it gets traction - I'll mention it to others.

It definitely would be good to have state laws with different wording, etc., so it becomes harder for one ruling from SCOTUS to apply in each and every case. The pro-life movement has been consistently determined to pass laws of any kind, escalating one step at a time to statewide policies that are highly restrictive.

[grantcart]

5. It would revert to existing state law in effect at the time of Roe

[smirkymonkey]

6. We need to stop letting men making laws that affect only women.

They have no business telling us what we can and cannot do with our bodies.