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France makes abortion a constitutional right (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] naturalgasbad@lemmy.ca 78 points 9 months ago

The US could've done the same, and yet...

[-] clgoh@lemmy.ca 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

How? No way 75% of the states would agree.

An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

When Dems had the supermajority during the first part of Obama’s term, Roe could have easily been codified into law. They slept on this at the time, saying there were “other priorities.”

So, while this doesn’t require a constitutional amendment to become the law of the land, with how incredibly dysfunctional Congress has become, it may be the case that Article V conventions are the only way to change the laws to suit the needs of the public over the desires of the elites.