I think it's terrible, personally.
If we can think back, for a second, to the Black Codes...
to a time when Whites practically outlawed being black...
It may seem like it's not a big deal but it erodes the separation between church and state and allows old white evangelical men to dictate what women do with their bodies the same way they dictated what black people were allowed to do with their after slavery was "ended".
Using the black codes, they could, for example, outlaw loitering as well as not having a job. If a black person couldn't find a job they might have to go back to work for their former master or risk being sent to prison.
Laws should never be trusted. It was Federal law that banned slavery. Certain states would have kept it far longer; probably until it was no longer profitable. So the argument for states' rights depends on who's running/controlling the states. The laws against black people were written such that a slave who had escaped the south could still be sent back and returned to his master. So I wouldn't trust southern states not to have draconian laws that not only do not allow abortion, but don't allow abortions to be sought out of state, punish insurance companies for providing women's health care, or fair exemptions for rape and incest.
The result could be a bunch of children no one wants, flooding the foster care system, orphanages, etc. more gangs, more drugs, more violence, etc.
A lot of the people who will write these draconian laws aren't "pro-life" because they don't mind killing people or leaving people in poverty with low quality of life. They just want to appear pious and righteous and show that they are better than others.
And being "pro-life" goes against the bible. Abortions were not only lawful, biblically speaking, but sometimes necessitated by the law to protect the woman. Abortion was not considered murder in the bible unless the child was closer to actually being born. But a lot of these "pro-life" people don't care what the bible says.
There's a video with Christian, Jewish, and Muslim leaders all voicing support for a woman's right to choose.
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