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More than 60% of the country wants roe levels of abortion rights. https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2019/08/29/u-s-public-c...

It can't happen because 30% of republican primary voters are evangelicals, so every republican will vote against abortion protection, even if most of their constituents want it.

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So wouldn’t a granular authority be better than a nation wide ruling?

It would serve people better.

It's certainly a tricky question. How granular should we get? People's actions in other states still affect everyone in the country. I don't want unwanted children to exist in this country, they require government handouts and become a drag at a much higher rate. Plus kids are smart, they realize they're unwanted and that sucks. Since those people use tax dollars that I pay should I not have a say?

You’re specifying your opinion (which is reasonable), but that’s orthogonal to the rights of the people that live in that state and vote according to the rights they wish to exercise.

If state A wants to ban abortion based on what their constituency wants, isn’t that exactly how democracy works?

If country A wants to ban banning abortion based on what their constituency wants, isn't that exactly how democracy works? Why should local vs federal constituency matter more?

Because the country was explicitly founded in a way that local matters more. If you want abortions, go to an abortion state. Is it so intolerable that Mississippians as a whole want different things than you and your state residents do?

Then wanting to do things differently is fine of course. The problem I have is that Mississippi receives $7,000 more from the federal government than they pay per capita every year. Bringing unwanted children into the state will make that worse. Why should they get to collect my tax dollars and then make decisions that cause the rest of the country harm?

If we only want profitable people represented, we can skip the extra steps and just have a voting fee, or even just a landowning requirement! Then the poors won't be able to screw up the country at all

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