# For those who are in favor of "abortion being left to the states" - why?

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-those-who-are-in-favor-of-abortion-being-left-to-the-states-why/1027497/122 "2026-02-16T17:37:36Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> ; I believe that Roe was wrongly decided, and egregiously so, because I’m genuinely not seeing where a right to privacy

That’s nothing to do with whether it’s regulated by the state or federal government. If Americans have that right under the 14th amendment then it’s entirely proper for the the SCOTUS to strike down any law that infringes it. It they don’t have that right then any legislative body, state or federal, that has a majority to do so can pass a law that infringes it.

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