To The Journal editor:

When the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade and returned the issue of abortion to the states, Donald Trump claimed that the American people wanted this as a solution.

The U.S. Constitution says in Article IV, Section 2: “The Citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of Citizens in the several states.”

If our federal government surrenders to the states power over individual liberty and even reversing settled law, what other powers and decisions will be left to the states?

The authority to deny half of our citizens autonomy over their own bodies isn’t so far away from other basic rights.

Perhaps the former state powers of segregation and slavery will be given another chance.

Thank you,