This is not a vent board or any other kind of therapy. Before you hit the POST button, ask yourself if your contribution will add to the level of discussion going on.

Important notes on articles:

• Please do not copy entire articles into your post; rather, provide links to them.. We are now links-only for ALL Internet publications. If only a small portion of the article pertains to your post, Fair Use allows you to copy those one or two paragraphs, provided you cite the author's name and the publication for which he writes. Otherwise, put a link in the HTTP Link box.
• Even if you're copying a reference to an article, provide a link to the page from which the article came. We're trying to cut down on duplicate topics, and the posting process will check the link to your article to see if it's already being discussed on this board. At the very least, you'll save yourself some grief on the boards.
• If your first reaction after reading the article you're going to share is the author is uninformed / stupid / a jerk / all of the above, it's not worth sharing with anyone. Not every article needs to be discussed. The more the hair-pulling articles are discussed (e.g. ESPN Page 2), the more the authors will write hair-pulling articles.

Post being replied to

It's not more restrictive than Roe by ndtnguy

Or, to be more precise, it's not more restrictive than Doe v. Bolton and Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Southeast Pennsylvania.

Doe and Casey (1) did not subject abortion regulations to strict scrutiny, which that language would and (2) made clear that "mental health" valves had no objective content and were an effective proxy for mere subjective desire.

Also, that amendment defines viability as turning on (a) the good-faith judgment of a treating physician and (b) the child's ability to survive without "extraordinary medical measures," neither of which, as I recall without having looked it up, featured in the "viability" jurisprudence growing out of Casey.

So that measure would be materially more permissive than the regime under Roe and its progeny.