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IqarP15 posted...

Just another knock against people-couples who want kids the traditional way but can't because of him-her-both. While females who can have kids are constantly complaining about unwanted kids but still want that "babybatter injection". For each abortion hefty fines should be implemented. $250k should be enough of a fine since that is about how much it costs to raise a kid.

And... what exactly would be the basis for that?

Kyuubi4269 posted...

The idea that the decision of interpretation of a supreme court at a completely arbitrary point in time is settled law isn't a great precedent to have as a whole. If a decision represents the people, a law matching the decision should be put through the same rigour as every other law to cement it as legitimate.

The opinions of the supreme court are not concrete, and neither are the people occupying the positions, the beliefs of the past shouldn't have greater weight than the beliefs of today.

That's what his next paragraph covers. Precedent doesn't need to be absolutely sacrosanct, but if the beliefs of the past need to be replaced by the beliefs of today, that replacement should follow a far more rigorous process than "the justices in today's court don't like it so too bad." This is a decision that is not grounded in any more robust judicial reasoning than any of the countless other failed challenges to the ruling, nor does it reflect the will of the American people as a whole. It's a largely arbitrary decision to overturn an extremely significant piece of legal precedent, which I strongly suspect is being done purely for the sake of trying to win over the anti-abortion voters that want the Republican party to overturn it (which is a blatant display of partisanship from what is supposed to be a non-partisan entity).