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To: EternalVigilance

Constitutionally, Abortion should be treated the same way other types of homicide are decided: by the States.

(I’m still waiting for an apology, by the way.)


167 posted on 06/05/2011 1:51:42 PM PDT by hocndoc (http://www.LifeEthics.org (I've got a mustard seed and I'm not afraid to use it.) (RIAing)
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To: hocndoc
Constitutionally, Abortion should be treated the same way other types of homicide are decided: by the States.

Ah, but they cannot "decide" not to protect innocent life. It's not optional. That's what this is all about.

"No person shall be deprived of life without due process of law."

"No State shall deprive any person of life without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

Once you use the word "decide" when discussing unalienable rights, at least in any context that suggests that men have any choice in the matter, you have negated the most important principles upon which our form of government and our claim to liberty rest. You have, in fact assured the final destruction of this free republic, should such ideas about human choice prevail. No building can stand indefinitely if it has been shorn of its chief cornerstone.

"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..."

171 posted on 06/05/2011 2:01:03 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (Some of us still 'hold these truths to be self-evident'..Enough to save the country? Time will tell.)
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