Returning an issue to legislators

At the time it was handed down, the nation’s editorial pages generally condemned the United States Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision. Taking the responsibility for setting abortion policy out of the hands of lawyers, special interest groups, and judges and returning it to voters and state legislators was deemed undemocratic. Ironically, what was undemocratic was what has been in place since Roe v…

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