Since various state governments are making moves against abortion this idea came up.
Instead of putting together several amendments to get abortion legal thanks to a right of privacy a more direct route is taken. Anti-abortion laws are declared unconstitutional as a violation of the 13th amendment.
As a downside I could see antichoice states finding reasons to arrest pregnant women seeking abortions, for none abortion reasons, then sentencing them to carry the pregnancy to term.
Instead of putting together several amendments to get abortion legal thanks to a right of privacy a more direct route is taken. Anti-abortion laws are declared unconstitutional as a violation of the 13th amendment.
Are challenges harder with it being on firmer legal ground?Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
As a downside I could see antichoice states finding reasons to arrest pregnant women seeking abortions, for none abortion reasons, then sentencing them to carry the pregnancy to term.