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A federal law would take a simple majority of the house, 60 senators and the president.
It could also be done by just 50 senators and the vp + president by using a legislative nuclear option, which would completely destroy the fabric of congress in the process and send our nation into a political death spiral
Even with a law passed, it might not necessarily pass constitutional muster, since it still leaves open the question for scotus to decide whether the federal government has jurisdiction to override states on the legality of abortion, which is both legally a losing argument and politically a winning argument, so its not easy to predict.
To get a full amendment which would end the question completely, it requires 67% of the house and 67 senators or 34 states just to bring it to a constitutional convention, at which point it passes to state legislatures and must be supported by 38 states to pass

Quote (Goomshill @ Jun 25 2022 09:03pm)

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A federal law would take a simple majority of the house, 60 senators and the president.
It could also be done by just 50 senators and the vp + president by using a legislative nuclear option, which would completely destroy the fabric of congress in the process and send our nation into a political death spiral
Even with a law passed, it might not necessarily pass constitutional muster, since it still leaves open the question for scotus to decide whether the federal government has jurisdiction to override states on the legality of abortion, which is both legally a losing argument and politically a winning argument, so its not easy to predict.
To get a full amendment which would end the question completely, it requires 67% of the house and 67 senators or 34 states just to bring it to a constitutional convention, at which point it passes to state legislatures and must be supported by 38 states to pass

Quote (Plaguefear @ Jun 25 2022 06:08am)

Next they will go after contraception.

Quote (Skinned @ Jun 25 2022 10:10pm)

It's crazy that people are cheering the reduction of our rights into a more theocratic system.

I've always been a golden rule libertarian but I'm really starting to feel like christians in government are a big problem. Evangelicals need a take down after this.

Quote (Plaguefear @ Jun 25 2022 08:13am)

They have more in common with hard-line Muslims than libertarians at this point.

Quote (thundercock @ 25 Jun 2022 08:40)

That's literally what democracy is though...

Quote (YeeHaw @ Jun 25 2022 08:22am)

You realize that leftism is a religion, correct?

Not to mention like yesterday with another user that it seems the left side always says the word religion, whereas many on the right are not religious at all (myself included), we simply don’t want to legislate the approval of killing children.

Quote (Skinned @ Jun 25 2022 08:22am)

Low IQ take