Greg66 wrote:
Moreover, what Alabama (and Georgia) have done is aimed squarely at provoking litigation which will go to SCOTUS with a view to overturning Roe v Wade.
Ultimately, therefore, this will be decided by 7 men and 2 women.
This is what is actually going on. The 2 states saw a chance to overturn Roe V. Wade and decided to go for broke - completely ban abortion. The reason they think they have a chance is this decision:
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/...-two-state-dispute-4 SCOTUS recently overturn already established law, something that was not done very often in the past, and they did it for really no good reason. The original decision did not have any flaws, they just didn't like it politically. The fear/hope is that they will do it again for other things that they don't believe in morally or politically, and the bible thumping conservatives think abortion fits that bill.
Regardless of which side of abortion you are on, this should concern you. It means that nothing is really decided, there is no longer precedence. Anyone can push anything as high as they can to try to change the law's mind, even if it was previously decided. It is same thing that is going on in congress right now. That was started years ago and has just been elevated to a new level recently.
"...the street finds its own uses for things"