"No one would notice if Roe v Wade were overturned".

[Justice wanted]

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/02/24/432446/gillibrand-challenger-no-one-would-notice-if-roe-v-wade-were-overturned/

Wendy Long, a conservative judicial activist challenging Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said yesterday that no one would miss Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion, if it were overturned. Long clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and served as a counsel for the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network, but is perhaps best known for spearheading several inaccurate race baiting attacks against Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation process.

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[New Yawker]

1. Wendy Long should quit when she's behind..

And concede the election to Gillibrand and move on.

That's my girl!

[Honeycombe8]

2. I think that's part of the plan in restricting access to abortion: so that Roe can be overturned

without there being much noticeable effect, because abortions are almost impossible to get, anyway, as a practical matter.

[Submariner]

3. Oh Really???

In 1966 Nicolae Ceaușescu banned abortions in Romania. Approximately 15 years later it was observed that crime rates had skyrocketed.

In 1973 Roe v Wade was passed, and in the 1980s Guliani was taking (undeserved) credit for the reduction in the crime rate in NY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalized_abortion_and_crime_effect

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impact_of_Legalized_Abortion_on_Crime

[BlueToTheBone]

6. That begs the question

did crime go up because the non aborted were criminals? Or because the parents are reduced to thievery to feed their children?

[CTyankee]

10. I think the point being made was that since aborted fetuses were by definition unwanted,

it is the unwanted-ness of the children being born that is the key factor in increasing criminals in our society. And I think that argument holds water...

[BlueToTheBone]

11. Thanks. I agree

The less wanted, the more abused and we live in proof that violence begets more violence. Private becomes Public, so to speak.

[lunatica]

4. Just give her all the rope she wants

Her awakening will be a rude one.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. Dumber Than Dirt

Yeah, nobody would notice a prohibition on something that's been declared legal for 40 years. Sure.
What an idiot.

[vim876]

7. This is worse than it looks.

While its possible she's a moran and actually thinks no one will notice, it's more likely that she doesn't think of 'sluts who use abortion as birth control' (since there's no other reason for abortion) as people.

[spanone]

8. tons of bullshit

[newspeak]

12. she clerked for clarence thomas?

that's all I need to know. She's no anita hill.

[HockeyMom]

9. The State of New Jersey certainly noticed

because New York State legalized abortion before Roe, whereas New Jersey didn't. So the women of NJ just stayed in their own state and didn't have abortions because their state thought it should be illegal? Wanna buy a bridge? New Jersey women left their state and went to New York to have an abortion. New Jersey legislators were FURIOUS over this.

I remember those days.

[tibbiit]

14. Amazingly Kanasa back in the days before roe

Was where Okies went. Check out this map of states for abortion pre roe.




Abortion laws in the U.S. prior to Roe.
RED Illegal. (30)
PURPLE Legal in case of rape (1)
BLUE Legal in case of danger to woman's health (2)
GREEN Legal in case of danger to woman's health, rape or incest, or likely damaged fetus (13)
YELLOW Legal on request (4)

(The legend for the map didnt copy so i am typing it

How weird that abortion was quasi legal in southern states. And Alaska on demand!

[YoungDemCA]

13. You've got to be kidding me

She can't be serious.

Oh, she's a Republican candidate in 2012. Nevermind.

[WillyT]

15. K & R !!!

[jwirr]

16. Just another delusional rethug who isolates herself from the real world and then thinks she is a

majority.

[otohara]

17. Like Hell

Has her head been up her ass the past few months?

[Initech]

18. *EVERYONE* would notice if that decision were overturned.

Its the lifeblood of the insanely hardcore religious fundamentalists and really the only platform modern Catholicism thrives on. If they had their way this country would go berserk. I think it'd be the catalyst for starting a second civil war.