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    If a reshaped Supreme Court tosses abortion decisions back to states, several would move fast to outlaw the procedures

    by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Jun 29, 2018 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's ability to reshape the Supreme Court with a conservative nominee could quickly send the nation back to a reality that had seemed far in the past: Abortion would be illegal in a large swath of America, subjecting doctors and perhaps pregnant women to criminal prosecution and potentially upending the political landscape in many states.

    As many as 17 states are poised to effectively ban abortion should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that guaranteed abortion rights nationwide. If the decision were overturned, each state could set its own rules on abortion.

    Trump vowed in his campaign that overturning Roe "will happen, automatically," if he were elected and could appoint justices to the court. More recently, as president, he criticized Roe for

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