Freddie of Ordinary Gentlemen counters Ross:
not true, no matter how many times those opposed to abortion repeat it.
Setting aside the banal fact that the judicial system is a part of our democratic process, there is a clear, straightforward and well-known way to overturn Roe v. Wade– pass a constitutional amendment criminalizing abortion. That’s how you override Supreme Court decisions; that’s how Dred Scott was effectively overturned. That’s how the federal income tax was passed. There’s a method for overturning Supreme Court law you don’t like, it’s well known, it’s time tested, and it’s as open to abortion foes as it is to anyone else. If anything, a constitutional amendment is more democratic, because it has to be approved by a larger number of representatives and clear more hurdles before it passes. So why doesn’t Ross propose passing a constitutional amendment banning abortion? Because he knows it would lose.
Does Freddie think, if Roe had been decided the other way, that pro-choice advocates would have been able to pass a constitutional amendment in favor of abortion rights?
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