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BLOB_CASTLE  ·  960 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

What I haven't heard anyone talk about yet is the idea that this draft opinion will move the United States that much closer to breaking up into several countries.

Maps have emerged of states that will or will not allow abortion to any degree. These maps show swaths of states clumped together that will likely vote one way or another.

Imagining that the instability of this country would thus devolve into a breakup, should we assume/believe these maps will predict how the United States will divide itself?

For the record, I'm all for the United States breaking up into many (50?) smaller countries. The idea that Washington DC should govern LA (approx. 2700mi) or even Honolulu (approx. 4800mi) is as absurd to me as London governing NY (approx. 3500mi).

(particularly interested in kleinbl00's thoughts)