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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
The judges are boxed in by precedent and the Constitution. Roe keeps the courts and legislatures from amking abortion a huge fucking disaster culturally and politically. Roe draws an imperfect line for women's rights and says "We ought not to go fucking around with this, because really... it belongs in a doctor's office, not a legilature, where it will be used as a political football by imbeciles and whores."
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Again, I agree with the sentiment, but I can't get there constitutionally. Roe represents a justice deciding that it's all a fucking mess, and he's going to clean it up.
But we're lawyers, and we know better. He fucked up. This isn't a constitutional issue. It's a moral one.