What Happens if Roe v. Wade is Overturned?
Abortion might become illegal in the entire midwest, except three states. Illinois is one of the three.
January 31, 2022
If Roe v. Wade is overturned, all states bordering Illinois will most likely ban abortions if not already banned previously. This creates a wider divide between those who are anti-abortion versus those who are for abortion rights, therefore creating a potential for larger scale protests depending on the outcome. This also causes an influx of patients from neighboring states to visit clinics in Illinois to gain access to abortions that were otherwise restricted.
Roe v. Wade, in essence, is a Supreme Court case that helped protect the right to have an abortion without the state imposing regulations unless it is directly related to maternal health or the person is in her third trimester of pregnancy. However, the Mississippi abortion law has challenged the Roe v. Wade case that has held as a precedent for almost five decades. It is currently being reviewed by the Supreme Court. The Mississippi law makes abortions illegal after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is two months earlier than Roe.
Roe is suspected to be overturned because of the conservative majority in the Supreme Court. If it is overturned, it is believed that 26 states are likely to ban abortions. States like Iowa and Ohio are expected to implement a ban on abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. There are also states, such as Missouri, who put so-called “trigger bans” in place, according to Elizabeth Nash and Lauren Cross from The Guttmacher Institute. If Roe no longer applies, the states have abortion bans on the books that will automatically become law.
However, the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) club of College of DuPage also had their say on the subject.
“As a club, we stand for reproductive rights and freedom of choice when it comes to abortion. Roe v. Wade has done a good job preserving this right in America. The attack on it by conservatives is an attack on the autonomy of women and people who give birth,” said Benjamin Casey.
With the amount of states who are in favor of overruling Roe v. Wade, people who live in those states who share Casey’s belief would be forced to follow state law or leave that state for an abortion.
“If Democrats in Congress wanted to pass something to enshrine and protect the right to an abortion in the law, they had many opportunities since Roe v. Wade. They have not taken any of these opportunities. Instead, we’ve found ourselves in a situation where the right to an abortion is in jeopardy. I encourage all students to contact their representatives, get involved, and learn more about these issues,” Casey said.
Christians on Campus and the Pro-Life Club of the College of DuPage were also reached out to in regards to the subject, unfortunately there was no immediate response.
The Supreme Court is likely to issue its decision this summer.
Steve • Feb 2, 2022 at 8:27 am
This article is opinion and is trying to drive fear. Women have all the choice in the world when it comes to having a child and men have no rights, but are forced to take part in whatever women decide. A woman can abort an accidental pregnancy or choose to have the child and take the man to court for an unwanted child. Women lie to men and get pregnant on purpose to force relationships or to secure the mans finances.
The very least we can do is protect babies at a certain point from being killed and hold women responsible for their actions, while allowing for exceptions for extreme cases. Of course those extreme cases better have police reports to support them.
Adviser • Feb 7, 2022 at 10:59 am
Hi, Steve
The article does not contain the opinion of the writer/journalist. That’s a requirement for objective journalism. You can read more about our journalism ethics in this section of our website: Trusting Our Journalism
If you’d like to share your opinion on abortion with our audience, we are happy to publish a letter to the editor. You can send it to: [email protected] Thanks for contributing to the conversation.
Jan • Feb 1, 2022 at 7:42 pm
I feel disgusted that an article in a college newspaper can be so supportive of mothers killing their babies and twist the language to make it seem like it is about the Big Bad Republicans trying to take away their right to do so.
It fails to mention a single negative thing about banning abortion (pro-tip: there are no downsides to it), and uses writing tricks popularized by Buzzfeed and CNN, meant to convince the reader that this is a big problem for human rights and “Obviously you should be upset about it”.
Adviser • Feb 7, 2022 at 10:52 am
Jan,
Please see the response to Joe below regarding your comment about writing tricks. No tricks involved. This is Associated Press Style, which is the gold standard used across professional journalism. If you see something factually wrong about the article, please bring that to our attention so we can correct it. Thanks for reading.
Joe • Feb 1, 2022 at 5:50 pm
This article should be under Opinion, as it twists language in support of one side. There is no such thing as “abortion rights,” there was not in 1973 and, millions of killings by abortion violence later, there still is not. One does not have the right to kill another, distinct human life (with his or hers own DNA) out of some perverted notion of “choice.” This is not about “controlling women” or other such slanders.
Also, a woman getting an abortion is not a “patient.” Patients are treated for illnesses. A baby is not an illness. This sanitary medical euphemism obscures the reality.
It’s time we protect the unborn (it is astounding how many millions we have justified letting be killed), help mothers, who are also victims of abortion violence, heal, and stop this grave moral travesty.
I hope all that use perverted notions of “freedom” and “choice” to justify the brutal slaughtering of innocent human beings will have a change of heart. It’s not too late.
adviser • Feb 1, 2022 at 6:30 pm
Joe,
The term abortion rights is used because this story is about a legal right established by law. In other words, a legal term is used because this is about laws and the courts that interpret laws.
The answer is the same for the use of the word “patient” as patient. The medical definition of a patient is any recipient of health care services performed by a health care professional.
Thanks for reading and contributing to the discussion.
Mary • Feb 8, 2022 at 9:07 am
Health care means caring for someone’s health. Lie all you want, but killing is never about health. And people who rip children from their mothers’ wombs are not professionals in health care, but in butchery.
Mary • Feb 1, 2022 at 9:46 am
Should we be at all alarmed that not only does there exist a club openly supporting socialism, but that COD highlights their thoughts on this? And I wonder just how long they waited for the prolife clubs to respond–a few minutes, maybe a few hours? Well here’s one who responds right now…I can only hope that Roe v. Wade is overturned, if only to show that this country tried denying women’s “right to kill.” The YDSA completely changes the subject of abortion from one of protecting a child’s life to one of doing what the mother wants. I do believe the right to life supercedes the right to the pursuit of happiness (if that’s what you would call a mother deciding to end the life of someone within her).
adviser • Feb 1, 2022 at 12:53 pm
Mary,
We reached out to all the clubs/organizations mentioned in the story on the same day, giving each of them multiple days to respond. We’d invite you to write a letter to the editor on this issue if you’d like to expand on your thoughts and share them with a wider COD audience. You can send the letter to: [email protected] Thanks for reading.