The point I was trying to make is that Ron Paul and the bottom-feeders who follow him seem to believe that abortion is a 10th Amendment issue, which it is NOT. Abortion is murder, plain and simple.
Rep. Ron Paul to Personhood USA Re: Pledge
A further clarification and discussion:
Let me begin by noting again that not only do I share Personhood USA's goal of ending abortion by defining life as beginning at conception, but also that I am the only candidate who has affirmatively acted on this goal in his career. I am the sponsor of federal legislation to define Life as beginning at conception, and will promote and push this goal and legislation as President.
I believe the FEDERAL government has this power, indeed, this obligation.
As you probably know, this comes directly from Supreme Court's misguided Roe decision, in which the court stated that it did not have the authority to define when life began, but that if it were ever decided, then that life would have to be protected.
It is the only bright spot in an otherwise poor moral and constitutional decision.
What you are seeing in my response is simply a clarification about the details of enforcing such a decision about where life begins.
Defining life as beginning at conception would define the unborn child as a life. Thereafter the taking of that life would be murder. Murder in our criminal code and constitutional history is punished by the laws of the individual states. The federal government does not dictate the terms of the state murder laws. Some have longer sentences. Some allow for parole, some do not. Some have the death penalty, some do not.
This is how our republican form of government was intended to function, and I believe we need to stay on that path.
Federal law needs to define Life. I have sponsored and will continue to promote legislation to federally define Life as beginning at conception, establishing the personhood of every unborn child, thus finally fulfilling the role of the government in protecting our life and liberty.