For people who haven't made up their minds on the abortion issue, Friday’s announcement from U.S. Supreme Court members that they were overturning Roe v. Wade has them now wondering how this ruling will impact them and their families. CBS Austin News traveled to Georgetown to get some perspective from outside Austin.
Some parents in Williamson County believe the supreme court is making the right call to help women and the country.
Gary Gibbs told us, “I'm so proud of that decision. Hopefully, God can heal our land now that reason has come back to the supreme court."
Marisol Mena Guevara chimed in, “I think it's great. It's one of the reasons that we left California in the first place because we don't want our children to grow up with that."
But not all parents are on board.
James Galbraith says, “It bothers me. It makes me sad. I am not a pro-abortion person but I am a pro-choice person. I think women should have the right to make that decision. Nobody knows the circumstances behind it and why."
Galbraith is a father and grandfather and is worried about his adult daughters.
He asks, “What are they going to do if they find themselves in a situation that's already unpleasant? And now you've made it far more unpleasant in my opinion."
He worries about the finality of a law that bans access to abortions with no exceptions unless the mother’s life is in danger.
"Abortion is not just taking a life that's a viable life and somebody doesn't want it,” he says adding, “There are many reasons why people have to get them. And now they super complicated it."
Abortion has been legal in the U.S. for almost 50 years. That's given people plenty of time to make up their minds on the issue. But for some, like Josie Stubbs, it's still an extremely tough call.
She says, “I've just got mixed feelings about it. I don't know. I'm a woman so I feel for the people who want it and for the people that don't. To me, it's a personal preference I feel."