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Re:What I learned trying to classify abortion access across ... by dragonwriter on Monday July 18, 2022 @07:56PM (#32145709)
> Congress doesn't pass any laws by itself

It does when it overrides a veto.

> But Congress did indeed pass the 14th Amendment.

No, it proposed it.

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Re:What I learned trying to classify abortion access across ... by robotresearcher on Monday July 18, 2022 @10:45PM (#32146948)
Sure. I see the distinction. I stand corrected.

My point is unchanged: the legal position in effect from Roe until the Dobbs opinion was that the constitutional guarantee of personal liberty through the 14th Amendment would include abortion. Congress, being a party to the Constitution, had thus already spoken on the matter.

The new decision overturns that position.

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