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To: monomaniac
He looks to be treating the pro-life cause as a federalism type issue rather than a deeply held conviction

Well, prior to Roe v. Wade, Federalism was the way the issue was approached. The Constitution nowhere gives Congress the power to regulate abortion, so under the 10th Amendment, that power rests in the hands of the states.

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, as it should, Federalism will again rule the day.

49 posted on 06/17/2007 10:32:42 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: curiosity
The Constitution nowhere gives Congress the power to regulate abortion

It most certainly does, if you have the sense to understand that a baby is a person. Both the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments explicitly prohibit the taking of the life of an innocent person.

so under the 10th Amendment, that power rests in the hands of the states.

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

The primary purpose of the United States government is to protect the lives of its people. The duty to do so is the primary sworn duty of every single officer of the United States. No State or individual has the right to kill innocent Americans. Period.

59 posted on 06/17/2007 10:42:50 PM PDT by EternalVigilance ("You will have your bipartisanship." - Fred Thompson, May 4, 2007)
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