[auboy]

Baird said Terri Schiavo's right not to be kept alive artificially was successfully defended by her husband in state courts, and any delays in removing the feeding tube so she can die are violating her constitutional right to privacy.

I was listening to Senator Rick Santorum early this morning. He was making the point that nowhere in the Constitution could he find "right to privacy".

Anyone out there know where this right to privacy that Judge Baird is referencing is found in our Constitution? Or, is Judge Baird just making it up as he goes?

[JSteff]

The right to privacy is there... along with the right for a woman to kill her baby.

Can't you read? It is all right there if you put on your glasses with two left lenses.

[Cicero]

The "right to privacy" was first used in the Roe v. Wade decision. The decision said that this right is to be found in the "penumbra" of the constitution--whatever that may mean.

Justice Brennan probably thought this ploy up, although he used his sock puppet on the court to write the actual decision.