Will The Overturning of Roe v. Wade Effect Economic Development In Red States?

reonarudo in #hive-167922 • 2 years ago

The Supreme Court Of the United States has overturned the landmark legal precedent called Roe vs. Wade from 1973 that makes it unconstitutional for individual states to enact laws against abortion.

This will allow Republican dominated state legislatures to ban or severely restrict abortion or even ban it completely. In general, the composition of the SCOTUS seems to open a path for curbing rights for many minorities, which a lot of politically progressive people will balk at.

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How could this affect economic development?

Well, high ranking universities attract a lot of talented and motivated students. The presence of large quantities of such young people is great for companies that rely on being able to recruit educated workers. Clusters of leading tech companies, for example, typically form around elite universities.

Parents of college age daughters may not be excited about paying pretty penny for college in a Red state if their daughter risked dropping out in case of accidental pregnancy. A sausage fest of a college town may not be too attractive for male students, either, if they have choice.

The most educated people in general tend to be the most liberal. Despite lower corporate taxes or a lack of state income taxes (Texas), Bible Belt politics may adversely affect economic development.

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2 years ago in #hive-167922 by reonarudo

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whatsup 2 years ago

I'm pro-choice and a mother of 4 daughters who are all adults now. I can promise you I never once thought of their access to abortion when I sent them to college.

I think it's highly unlikely that many outside of a fringe group see access to abortion as a strong motivation to where they live or go to school.

It's a hot topic issue, which makes people fight and argue, cause everyone has an opinion, but when it comes to voting or moving... It's highly unlikely a big enough issue to most to make life changing decisions.

I mean you could just plan ahead to use birth control instead of having access to abortion.

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reonarudo 2 years ago

I'm pro-choice and a mother of 4 daughters who are all adults now. I can promise you I never once thought of their access to abortion when I sent them to college.

Presumably they all went to college between 1973 and now.

Birth control can fail or it can be forgotten. College students are known to party and experiment.

This particularly issue is about which college to attend out of state. That is a time when you can easily choose between hundreds of different colleges in a vast variety of locations.

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whatsup 2 years ago

Time will tell, but I am sure there are many who might see a red state as a huge benefit as well.

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reonarudo 2 years ago

Parents who'd want to be sure their daughter in an out of state college would be unable to get an abortion legally?

I suppose that's possible.

Interestingly, the Bible lends no support to a ban on abortion.

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whatsup 2 years ago

Hard to ban something before it's invented.

I think it isn't Biblical but rather where you think life is a life. *not going to debate it, I think there are several reasonable answers.

Again, I'm of the opinion very few parents are going to consider where Abortion is legal in the selection of colleges, more like proximity to family, cost of living and tuition, courses, student outcomes, etc.

If you can afford to send your child out of state for education, one must also assume you could send your child out of state for an abortion if needed. *cringe

We are both guess though and I guess time will tell.

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reonarudo 2 years ago

People have sought ways to end pregnancies long before modern medicine like using herbs.

I have no definitive opinion about where life begins. Abortion should be regulated rather strictly but reasonably.

Time will tell indeed.

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