Author, D. Denise Dianaty
1 min readMay 15, 2022

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Yes, they would. Old laws never die. Check this article from Business Insider for a looks at just a few of those old laws still on the books: https://www.businessinsider.com/weird-state-laws-across-america-2018-1

We know there are already old laws on the books limiting contraceptive use predicated on invading women's privacy to decide who should be allowed contraception. Even the most lenient places only allowed married women access to contraceptives when they were first legalized. And, then, most places required a husband's permission. It's not that long ago either – around the same time as Roe. Hell, it was 1971 before a woman could get a credit card without her husand's permission. Laws don't get overturned in states when federal laws or SCOTUS decisions make them obsolete; they just stop enforcing them – unless and until they can elminate those federal laws or SCOTUS decisions.

Here's an article I found in a quick search listing some of the infantalizing laws of that not-so-long-ago time: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/10/28/fact-check-9-things-women-couldnt-do-1971-mostly-right/3677101001/

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Author, D. Denise Dianaty
Author, D. Denise Dianaty

Written by Author, D. Denise Dianaty

Artist, Poet, author, wife & mom May my epitaph be "She reflected love into the world."

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