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To: IronJack

my overall point was that we as people exercise our first Right by being born

keeping someone from being born is to deny them their basic Rights, by definition


9 posted on 10/06/2013 8:43:22 AM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: sten
"...my overall point was that we as people exercise our first Right by being born...keeping someone from being born is to deny them their basic Rights, by definition..."

Philosophically speaking, the Preamble of the Constitution sets an even higher bar.

The Preamble explains the entire raison d'être and specifically includes, among its purposes to, "...secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity..."

If one defines 'posterity' as those generations to come, or those yet unborn, it would appear the Constitution's declared intent was to recognize and protect the rights of Americans not yet conceived, much less those unborn :-) To deny that, one would have to come up with a pretty twisted and tortured definition of "posterity.'

12 posted on 10/06/2013 9:19:42 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: sten

The right to Life is listed as one of those “inalienable” rights endowed on us by our Creator. So you are absolutely right.


15 posted on 10/06/2013 9:47:29 AM PDT by IronJack (=)
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