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   > > At least three times since 1973, the Democrats have had a majority in   
   > > Congress and held the White House, yet they did nothing to codify abortion   
   > > rights even though they ran on that issue multiple times.   
      
   > Supreme court justices Kavanaugh and Barret both said that Roe v Wade was   
   > precedent and settled law when they had their hearings, so why codify it?   
      
   The short answer is to make it more permanent.   
      
   The long answer is because precedent can be overturned by a later court   
   interpretation.  An example would be a case that introduces some other legal   
   question or precedent that previously-questioned SC candidates had not   
   considered.   
      
   If it is codified into law in a manner that is Constitutional and doesn't   
   violate any pre-existing laws, it is much less likely to be overturned by a   
   later court interpretation.   
      
   > I don't see abortion as a political issue, it is a matter of health care for   
   > women. I don't think we need laws that block a womans right to privacy or   
   > health care.   
      
   I don't necessarily either but, for many, many years now, both parties have   
   made it so, and the Democrats in particular have campaigned as the   
   champions of this issue.  Yet, when given opportunities to fix it once and   
   for all, they not only failed but they didn't even *attempt* to do so!   
      
   > > Should we not vote for those sorts of politicians, too?   
      
   > Democrats seem to be standing for a womens right to privacy and abortion. On   
   > that issue the democrats seem to be the only choice.   
      
   Why would you believe them now?  Kamala is campaigning on similar terms...   
   making abortion permanently legal nationally... that just about every   
   previous Democrat in my adult lifetime has campaigned on.  When given the   
   chance, *NONE* of them did *anything* to protect womens' rights beyond lip   
   service.   
      
      
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