Our rights come from God. Those rights preceded and supercede any constitution or man-made law. The founders of this republic understood this very, very well.
And, they understood explicitly that the raison d'être, or reason for being, of ALL human government is to protect those rights.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men..."
That is the basis for our form of government and our claim to liberty. I'm very sorry that you, and politicians like Sarah Palin, are disconnected from what the founders called "self-evident," or, to use the modern vernacular, "as plain as the nose on your face."
You pontificate about caring about the unborn and insult those here and born who don't agree with you??? You should learn a bit about respecting others and following the golden rule.
Sadly people like you may get your wish and have all rights flow from a central Federal Government... and NO Virginia they aren't Santa Claus and they can decide that your rights are NOT inalienable and do NOT flow from God!
I fully realize from whence our rights flow, I am also a realist and can discern that those self same rights are in dire jeopardy by the self same Feds that are sworn to protect them.
So... what are we left with? We "punt" to the States... and the States can protect what the Feds have chosen to destroy.