Wrongly, it should be added. Slavery was written into the U.S. Constitution. Of the original 13 states, 13 of them were slave states so it is no surprise slavery provisions were included in the constitution.
Abortion-on-demand is not found - or implied to be a federally protected right - in the constitution. Arguably the fifth amendment provides protection to the unborn person though I doubt the founders considered abortion regulation to be a federal government enumerated power.
jeffersondem: "Wrongly, it should be added.
Slavery was written into the U.S. Constitution.
Of the original 13 states, 13 of them were slave states so it is no surprise slavery provisions were included in the constitution."
That's wrong, it should be added.
In fact, by the time of the 1787 Constitution Convention abolition was law in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont.
Abolition was also dictated by Congress in 1787 in what were then called the "Northwest Territories" -- Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois & Wisconsin.
Founders like President Jefferson submitted plans for gradual compensated abolition and recolonization, and Congress under President Madison (Virginia slave-holder) voted money to support recolonization.
So when Crazy Roger Taney ruled that Congress had no authority to outlaw slavery in US Territories he was, well... blowing smoke up the Constitution's posterior.
Is the baby inside you your "property" to do with as you please? Can you remove it, as you would an arm or leg, or a slave?
-PJ