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AoN, I listened to an NPRish radio interview recently in which the guest pointed out that there are dozens of statutes still on the books which have been effectively preempted by Roe and its progeny, but for which noone is quite sure what really happens in the event that Roe is overruled.

Do they spring back into being? Do they continue being ineffective, and some future act must reinstate them?

Complicating the matter further is that these state laws are really all over the map. Some states have laws completely outlawing abortion. Some states, apparently, have articulated rights of privacy in their state constitutions, but for which there hasn't really been any state court interpretation re: abortion because of Roe.

The guest's conclusion was that on the day that Roe were to go away, it would be legislative chaos for a number of years, as all participants trample each other in their rush to 50 different courthouses to sort out what the hell the law is at that immediate time.

But think of the billables, Gatti. The Billables!!!!