Why do people vote for candidates based on their views on abortion?

KingRaw!

KingRaw!

I dare you to stop us GL
That is such a dumb reason to vote for someone. Unless it's someone like Ron Paul, Roe V Wade ain't gonna get overturned. Regan didn't outlaw it. Bush Sr didn't outlaw it. Bush Jr didn't outlaw it with his conservative congress doing whatever he tells them to do so what makes you think Huckabee or McCain will suddenly change everything?
 
Presidents don't outlaw abortion; the Supreme Court does. In case you haven't noticed, they are just 1 vote away from doing just that.

Many states would keep abortion legal after that, but many would not.
 
Isn't the supreme court in favor of conservatives? You know like 6 to 5 or 5 to 4? And if there's a draw, Cheney is the tie breaker and the final vote swifts to the republican view.
 
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He's the only one who would actually do it if he said he would. He's viewed by people as a crazy person. In other words, he actually does what he promises.
 
KingRaw! said:
He's the only one who would actually do it if he said he would. He's viewed by people as a crazy person. In other words, he actually does what he promises.
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How could he do it? As was previously stated the abortion issue will be decided by the Supreme Court. The President only has the power to nominate Supreme Court justices.
 
Well from scratch, he could appoint strict conservative judges like Rudy says he will.
 
Yeah then we could be like Communist Romania which forced women to stay pregnant. Maybe we could do like they did and force women to the OB/GYN regularly and have them have a state supervised gynocological exam to make sure they haven't aborted or if they are pregnant they STAY pregnant.
 
We are getting away from the point. Roe V Wade wasn't overturned with Regan and the 2 Bushes in office so what makes you think it will happen with Huckabee or McCain?
 
Please post a link ..........

Socrtease said:
Yeah then we could be like Communist Romania which forced women to stay pregnant. Maybe we could do like they did and force women to the OB/GYN regularly and have them have a state supervised gynocological exam to make sure they haven't aborted or if they are pregnant they STAY pregnant.
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to this absurdity...so Romania adheres to a no illegal abortion policy...this is bad? Please elaborate counselor!
 
KingRaw! said:
We are getting away from the point. Roe V Wade wasn't overturned with Regan and the 2 Bushes so what makes you think it will happen with Huckabee or McCain?
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You are not getting the point. It could be overturned based on the make-up of the Supreme Court. If judges who vote pro abortion leave the court and are replaced by judges who are anti-abortion then you could see roe v. wade overturned.
 
I'm pretty sure why abortion is legal in America. Lots of people would go into poverty if they were forced to keep their kid. And that would be bad for the economy.
 
KingRaw! said:
We are getting away from the point. Roe V Wade wasn't overturned with Regan and the 2 Bushes so what makes you think it will happen with Huckabee or McCain?
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Because they will nominate ideologically conservative justices that will rule there is no constitutional right to an abortion. I actually believe that someday Roe will be overturned and we will go back to states legislating procreation. IT will be a boon for doctors in Pro Choice states and back alley abortionists that will prey on those not wealthy enough to afford to travel to a pro-choice state. More women will die due to unsafe illegal abortions and abortions will not go down in the US. If you look at Romania under communist rule a country of about 25-30 million people had only 300k less abortions per year in a country that kept track of women's procreation. Also the adoption population sky rocketed in Romania.
 
"Because they will nominate ideologically conservative justices that will rule there is no constitutional right to an abortion."


Didn't Regan and the Bushes promise the same thing?
 
6 of the 9 supreme court justices today were appointed by Regan and the Bushes. And yet Roe V Wade hasn't been overturned yet.
 
KingRaw! said:
Isn't the supreme court in favor of conservatives? You know like 6 to 5 or 5 to 4? And if there's a draw, Cheney is the tie breaker and the final vote swifts to the republican view.
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Explain to me how there will be a draw on a 9 person court, then go pick up a Civics book.

The VP does most certainly NOT cast any sort of "vote" in the SCOTUS.
 
"Seven of the current justices of the court were appointed by Republican presidents, while two were nominated by a Democratic president. It is popularly accepted that Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Alito compose the Court's conservative wing. Justices Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg and Breyer are generally thought of as the Court's liberal wing. Justice Kennedy, generally thought of as a moderate conservative, is considered most likely to be the swing vote that determines the outcome of certain close cases." -Wikipedia
 
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