SCOTUS did not "disallow" abortion; it put the issue back to the individual states. Our system of government doesn't place law-making powers with the courts. "Allowing" abortion is a law, a rule. One that should be made by a rule-making body - either Congress at the Federal level or the state legislatures. No matter how you feel about the right of a person to end a fetus, baby's life, when life begins, exceptions etc - that is the fact of our government. I will leave aside the questions of the various state rules etc - however I will note that Germany will not prosecute (abortion is illegal) those abortions occurring within 12 weeks. The US had no rules whatsoever... There is a rational middle ground, but it must be LEGISLATED within the actual rule-making bodies.
The abortion debate is missing something crucial: mercy
SCOTUS did not "disallow" abortion; it put the issue back to the individual states. Our system of government doesn't place law-making powers with the courts. "Allowing" abortion is a law, a rule. One that should be made by a rule-making body - either Congress at the Federal level or the state legislatures. No matter how you feel about the right of a person to end a fetus, baby's life, when life begins, exceptions etc - that is the fact of our government. I will leave aside the questions of the various state rules etc - however I will note that Germany will not prosecute (abortion is illegal) those abortions occurring within 12 weeks. The US had no rules whatsoever... There is a rational middle ground, but it must be LEGISLATED within the actual rule-making bodies.