I thought you said you had "no more time" for me!
Large parts of my earlier post can be justified readily, actually: e.g., the argument that "the unborn are worthy of some legal protection" can be justified on straight utilitarian grounds, as they represent the continuation of society, which is obviously a good thing for a self-interested society that on the whole wants to continue existing into the future.
A very poor basis for constitutional self-government and liberty.
Since when is the sovereignty of the States a poor basis for self-government and liberty? Let me remind you that we are--or at least, we should be--a nation of fifty sovereign States, not fifty provinces subject to the rule of a central government in Washington!
Yes, we've had an entire political and legal class doing so for more than 35 years. And the result is 50 million or more babies tortured to death.
State sovereignty is not superior to the God-given, unalienable rights to life, liberty and private property.
Hundreds of millions died at the hands of those who held to that philosophy in the last century.
as they represent the continuation of society, which is obviously a good thing for a self-interested society that on the whole wants to continue existing into the future.
Utter nonsense. Killing posterity does the exact opposite.