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Brandon Adams's avatar

I love this correction.

It seems possible that overruling Roe *could* result in conservative politicians becoming less extreme, since under current law they can adopt extremist postures that never have real consequence. That gets them the votes of the extremists, and the normies just hold their nose and vote for them anyway.

With actual stakes they'll hopefully need to better reflect the will of their constituents.

The liberal politicians apparently were already getting results for their extremist positions, judging by the up-to-birth laws in Oregon, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Vermont. In the states where they dominate they won't have any incentive to become more moderate. In more balanced states they'll presumably need to work out compromises with the other side on where to draw the line, and that might be a moderating force.

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Derek's avatar

If "self-defense" is a defence to a murder charge, then even Oklahomans have a defense for "health of the mother"

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