This is far more than just an abortion issue or just a race issue though. This is totally what they call a "States rights" issue as this supreme Court has ruled it.
The states can make health any laws they wish and the federal government must allow it. There's nothing in the constitution that mentions anything about health issues.
Nothing! 🤷🏻♂
You think that what is in the preamble of the constitution really matters? It's not a right.
Focusing only on medical procedures:
Dobbs (2022) removed a constitutional right to abortion, returning regulation of abortion procedures to individual states. That means states may prohibit, restrict, or permit abortion under their own laws unless a separate constitutional protection applies.
The Court’s recent federalism and standing decisions make it harder for federal courts to find implied constitutional rights or allow private suits to block state medical‑procedure laws, which increases states’ leeway to regulate clinical practice.
Limits remain where other constitutional provisions apply (e.g., the Due Process Clause, Equal Protection) — those can sometimes constrain state regulation of medical procedures, but the Court has been narrowing such protections unless clearly grounded in text or history.
Federal statutes that directly regulate medical procedures (rare) or federal agency rules can preempt state rules if Congress acted within its constitutional powers; but absent such clear federal authority, states have primary control over what medical procedures are lawful within their borders.
Bottom line: For the legality of medical procedures themselves (not payment), recent Supreme Court rulings have shifted authority largely to the states, though constitutional limits and any clear federal statutory preemption can still restrict state action.
I have been saying all a long that states can even dictate which religion can be used within the states.
And that is exactly what is happening.
You're right that several states (Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and others) have passed laws requiring Ten Commandments displays in public schools and those laws are now being litigated in the federal courts; some district courts enjoined enforcement, while the 5th Circuit has taken up/issued rulings that allow or revive enforcement in parts of its circuit, and plaintiffs have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the appeals. The Supreme Court is not required to take any case, so these disputes can remain in lower courts for months or years while posters are installed in some schools.
