[P-Marlowe]

As abominable as Roe v. Wade is, it also tells us EXACTLY what needs to happen to put an end to abortion, it doesn't need to go back to the Supreme Court, there doesn't need to be an Amendment to the Constitution, there just needs to be one simple law that by it's very nature would be politically impossible repeal.

You make a very good point. Since "life" is one of the rights noted in the 14th Amendment and Congress is given specific authorization to enforce the 14th Amendment through appropriate legislation, a law declaring the personhood of the unborn would render Roe v Wade moot. Determining the persons and the methods of protection under the 14th Amendment is the duty and prerogative of Congress alone. If Congress declares that unborn children are subject to 14th Amendment protection, then the courts could not legitimately overturn that determination.

[wagglebee]

If Congress declares that unborn children are subject to 14th Amendment protection, then the courts could not legitimately overturn that determination.

Yes, and a future Congress would find that declaring children to not be persons would be as impossible as making the same declaration about women or minorities.

[vette6387]

“If Congress declares that unborn children are subject to 14th Amendment protection, then the courts could not legitimately overturn that determination.”

But for the most part, those a$$holes are too busy feathering their own nests to worry about the sanctity of life and stuff like that. Just look at the “GOP Leadership” “meeting out punishment” to the Congressmen who didn’t want to go along with that “leadership.” Some former VP said that the VP’s office wasn’t worth a cup of spit. Well that goes for the Congress too.