[fortheDeclaration]

I do not agree Roe vs Wade is a State issue if life is involved." Strictly speaking, homicide is a state issue, isn't it?

No, because it is denying someone of their life, hence it takes on a Federal aspect.

The punishments may differ, but the taking of an innocent life must be viewed as a crime.

The States cannot legalize it.

[tpaine]

fortheDeclaration:

"I do not agree Roe vs Wade is a State issue if life is involved."

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Strictly speaking, homicide is a state issue, isn't it?
40 Eastbound

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No, because it is denying someone of their life, hence it takes on a Federal aspect.

The punishments may differ, but the taking of an innocent life must be viewed as a crime.
The States cannot legalize it.
44 ftD


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Murder is tried in State courts, & guilt is decided by juries, not legislative decrees declaring that abortion is murder.

You say, "IF life is involved". -- Exactly the point. A fertilized human egg is alive. It is not yet a person, a 'life'.
Later in pregnancy the State becomes involved in protecting that soon to be persons life. -- But not at conception.
That is the point of Roe v Wade, as I'm sure you know. It's a State issue.

[Eastbound]

"The States cannot legalize it."

But the fedguv can? Didn't Roe v Wade over-ride state's rights to ban abortion except in some instances? Seems to me that the states were handling it much better than the fedguv is. Doesn't abortion on demand, a decision of the USSC, offer far less protection to life than what the states offered?

Maybe I'm mis-understanding you. I still think Roe was a case where the fedguv over-stepped its enumerated powers.

[TheFrog]

So all homicide cases should be held Federal Courts?