Do the states get to decide? What about travel restrictions that harken us back to the days of the fugitive slave laws?
Contrasting Kansas and Indiania is a lesson in the real problem with American politics today. It not about the will of the people, it is about the ability of state legislators to manipulate the system, maintain power, and serve their masters. By design, the state legislatures control the political power of this country. That is the way the founders wanted it. But they never expected it to morph into what it has become today. Gerrymandering, voting restrictions, and usurping the control of local governments for issues ranging from mask mandates to school curriculums.
Look at who these state legislators really are. For the most part, they are not impressive people. They have shallow resumes, little education, and more than a few are real nutcases. Institutions like CPAC and the Heartland Institute have seized on their weaknesses and utilized their manipulation to perpetuate an agenda that is the antithesis of democracy. But there is hope.
Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is headquartered in Indianapolis and employs more than 10,000 people in the state
www.yahoo.com
I have no doubt, the governor's office here in North Carolina has already contacted Lilly. Cooper doesn't play. And what Lilly says is indicative of the bigger problem for those red state renegade legislatures. The legislators don't have the intelligence to understand the ramifications of their actions. Hell, they don't even have the intelligence to write legislation. They use proforma templates from CPAC and the Heritage Institute to write their proposed bills.
As states pass abortion bans more and more companies will leave those states. Even the US military has expressed concern. Employment opportunities and even wages will be depressed in states that ban abortion. Like the so-called bathroom bill in NC, passed by the legislature but quickly rescinded after corporate backlash from everyone between the NCAA and Coke, these abortion bans are going to have immediate and real effects on a state's attractiveness to corporate and private entities.
Besides, this Indiania ban is a ***** ban. Exceptions for rape and incest? Why? Obviously it is OK to kill a fetus, the argument is what conditions warrant it. As I have stated before, I am all for a ban on abortion, as long as there is one exception--the life of the mother. And even that exception is subject to critical review. Low life drug addict high school dropout mother, nope, sorry, the "state" believes there is more potential with the new child. You lose. You can die and we will place the child with more promising parents.