Sorry, Lindsey Graham: Congress doesn't have the power to legislate...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : That's not because the Constitution offers special protection for abortion as such.
46% : It will also show that the power to regulate abortion isn't among them.
44% :So is the regulation of abortion the regulation of "commerce among the several states"?
44% : Abortion isn't interstate commerce, as it takes place entirely in one state, and regulation of medical procedures is traditionally the domain of the states, not the federal government.
40% : No, there are constitutional limits to how far Congress' powers go, and those powers don't go so far as to reach abortion.
40% : Congress has the power to lay and collect taxes, borrow money (no one would accuse it of not doing that), declare war, establish post offices and post roads, etc.
38% : His bill, modeled on the Mississippi legislation the court upheld in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, would ban abortion after the 15th week following conception.
37% : Dobbs notwithstanding, Congress lacks the constitutional power to regulate abortion.

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