How is abortion a states rights issue?

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You and other pro-lifers would apparently claim, lolz LDO, of course the state should prohibit abortions and punish those who have an abortion in the same manner they punish other murderers.

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FWIW, I have never heard one single PERSON, much less any reputable pro-life organization, claim they would desire to punish women who have abortions the same way murderers are punished. So you set up quite a strawman of your own there.

All the pro-life organizations I have dealt with want some punishment for the doctor (in normal conversation I do not refer to abortionists as doctors since doctors heal sick people and abortionists do not), but vary on the severity (though none desire punishment on par with how murderers are currently punished), and in many cases, want NO punishment for the mother (although I personally disagree - the mother is clearly culpable in addition to the abortionist).