Abortion ‘lie’ still repeated
This is getting old. In the May 16 Chattanooga Times commentary by Carl P. Leubsdorf, he twice claims that the impending Supreme Court decision will “ban all abortions,” which is not only incorrect but a blatant lie.
The draft decision will not ban abortion but states that there is no constitutional right to abortion. It returns the abortion debate to where it properly belongs – to the people and their elected representatives. This claim is particularly appalling considering the repeated claim that the decision is undemocratic and legislating from the bench when it is the opposite, giving the choice to the democratic process rather than creating law by fiat.
There is no barrier to the individual states, or indeed the federal government, from passing laws allowing abortion with whatever limits or restrictions, if any, they choose.
It is disappointing that the Times would print such a commentary, assuming that the truth is known to the editor, unless the intent is to fool the people into believing an untruth for political ends.