California and Abortion Returning to the States

California and Abortion Returning to the States
Pamphlets are on display inside the waiting room of the Planned Parenthood Golden Gate offices in San Francisco, Calif., on March 29, 2004. David Paul Morris/Getty Images
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Commentary

The most contentious issue by far in America the past five decades has been abortion. That’s because the U.S. Supreme Court, in its 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, not only made it a new “right,” but took almost all powers to regulate it away from the states. That produced subsequent decisions, contradictory and complicated, further nationalizing the issue.

John Seiler
John Seiler
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John Seiler is a veteran California opinion writer. Mr. Seiler has written editorials for The Orange County Register for almost 30 years. He is a U.S. Army veteran and former press secretary for California state Sen. John Moorlach. He blogs at JohnSeiler.Substack.com and his email is [email protected]
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