Opinion | Think state supreme courts will save abortion rights? Think again.

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Opinion by Neal Devins: They tend not to buck the dominant political party in their state.

three retiring Democrats on the Florida Supreme Court with “appointees who will interpret the law, be willing to reverse bad precedent and not legislate from the bench,” DeSantis transformed the court and ushered in a new era of conservative judicial decision-making.

to amend the state constitution to say that it does not confer a right to abortion. Kansans will vote on that initiative in August.While this initiative might fail, Kansas is the exception that proves the rule. The antiabortion juggernaut will not be stopped in those very states where abortion rights are most in jeopardy. There, the risks of electoral defeat, voter override or other political attack are too great. More than that, red-state justices typically embrace red-state values.

For similar reasons, there is little prospect that a majority of justices in any of the 13 states set to outlaw abortion immediately or very quickly ifis overturned will risk electoral defeat to set aside a U.S. Supreme Court decision they probably support. In contrast to national opinion polls backing abortion rights, voters in states that would eliminate or severely restrict abortion think that abortion should be fully or mostly illegal.

 

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I see all the anti-abortion comments are from men, so far. Abortion is health care. Forced pregnancy is slavery.

Abortion is a woman’s private choice. It should not be funded nor dictated by government.

Neal missed the part where it’s an undeniable fact that abortion is not a federally granted constitutional right and it definitely should not be subsidized by honest tax paying Americans who believe it is murder and are entitled to their opinion.

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