Too bad Rudy ain't so unswerving in his support for the 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 10th amendments....
BTW, this statement right here ought to cast serious doubt in the minds of those who assure us that Rudy "will nominate strict constructionist judges", since it shows us what Rudy means by "strict construction", apparently. Believing that Roe v. Wade makes abortion "constitutional", and that abortion is a constitutional right is the very epitome of the "organic constitution" which you can make the Constitution mean whatever you want it to mean, instead of what the wording plainly says.
Even for people who don't particularly care about the abortion issue, Rudy's terrible view of the Constitution ought to give people pause....
“Ultimately, it’s a constitutional right, and therefore if it’s a constitutional right, ultimately, even if you do it on a state by state basis, you have to make sure people are protected,” Giuliani said in an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash in Florida’s capital city.
Harris v. McRae, 448 U.S. 297 (1980). The Court found restricting the use of federal
funds to cover abortion does not implicate a woman’s due process right to have an
abortion, as defined by Roe. They wrote, “[a] woman’s freedom of choice [does not]
carry with it a constitutional entitlement to the financial resources to avail herself of the
full range of protected choices.” They also determined that states participating in the
Medicaid program are not required to use their own funds to cover “medically
necessary” abortions for which no federal monies are available.
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Guess Mr. Giuliani only believes part of the Court’s interpretation of the Constitution