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former9thward

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8. Nothing in Roe v. Wade mandates access to abortion.

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 07:43 PM

Mar 2015

Those cases made abortion legal in most circumstances. Some states have placed far more restrictions on abortion clinics than others. Sometimes courts find those restrictions legal, sometimes not. Also many abortion providers don't want to work in some communities which are largely anti-abortion.

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Sexism. bravenak Mar 2015 #1

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They implement bureaucratic measures to make it difficult for clinics to be in business Fumesucker Mar 2015 #5

They use the law against itself. bravenak Mar 2015 #6

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They found ways to chip away at the right, mainly by regulating the clinics out of business. NutmegYankee Mar 2015 #3

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Bingo davidpdx Mar 2015 #11

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Nothing in Roe v. Wade mandates access to abortion. former9thward Mar 2015 #8

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Exactly SickOfTheOnePct Mar 2015 #18

Any person of means has abortion legally available to them Aerows Mar 2015 #12

Access to abortion is not mandated by either of those cases. What those cases say kelly1mm Mar 2015 #13

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They cannot make it totally illegal, but they make is very onerous to do so NutmegYankee Mar 2015 #15

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Courts are human, and inconsistent. NutmegYankee Mar 2015 #19

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Some of them are. For the ones that aren't, two reasons: Unvanguard Mar 2015 #21

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Basically, yes, you are correct. A good example is the recently overturned WI case that said kelly1mm Mar 2015 #17