Giving States More Power Is the Right Path for America, Says Mark Meckler

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : There are 17 enumerated powers in the Constitution, such as to lay and collect taxes; pay debts and borrow money; regulate commerce; coin money; establish post offices; protect patents and copyrights; establish lower courts; declare war; and raise and support an army and navy.
41% : The Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal advocacy organization, said 25 states are likely to ban abortion without federal protections in place.
39% : The institute said that 26 states are certain or likely to ban abortion if Roe vs. Wade were not in place.
38% : Meckler said that 13 states already have "trigger laws," that were passed after the Roe decision in 1973 and explicitly noted they would outlaw abortion if the Supreme Court allowed it.
38% : Michigan has a 1931 law criminalizing abortion but the ban was rendered unconstitutional under the rulings in Roe.
37% : "Twenty-six states look like they actually could ultimately outlaw abortion,' Meckler told NTD's "Capitol Report" program on May 5.
36% : Additionally, four states -- Florida, Indiana, Montana, and Nebraska -- are likely to ban abortion as soon as possible.
36% : "But I think ultimately, what we're gonna see is a majority of states with severe restrictions or a total outlawing of abortion," said Meckler.
35% : Allowing states to have more powers to determine issues such as abortion is the correct path for America, says Mark Meckler, president of the conservative grassroots movement Convention of States Action.
33% : Last month, Whitmer filed a lawsuit to ask the Michigan Supreme Court to resolve whether Michigan's Constitution protects the right to abortion.

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