Did you know that if the U.S. Supreme Court reverses Roe v. Wade, Louisiana, Mississippi, and North and South Dakota have trigger laws ready to make abortion a criminal act?  Did you know that seven other state legislatures are committed to acting to the extent that such a reversal might allow?

But how might that happen? Simple. First, a Republican President could appoint a conservative judge to the Supreme Court. Second, a local abortion clinic is prosecuted. Third, the case is appealed to the Supreme Court, which then overturns Roe by a 5-4 vote. Making it even more interesting, the Court could rule that the fetus is a person, thus paving the way to a national antiabortion law. (Hirshman, Washington Post, 9/28).

But that is not the end of the story. Did you know that all of the statute and case law which support reproductive technology relies upon Roe. So, if Roe goes, all of those statutes and cases are at risk.

Don't you think that prohibiting the infertile public from seeking medical help to conceive would be the real criminal act?