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To: VirginiaConstitutionalist
You made a statement that states could legalize murder and the federal government has no power to step in to protect the rights of the individual.

On it's face, that is extraodinarily stupid.

Did I misunderstand you?

I know the thread is about abortion but you made a sweeping statement that is flat out wrong.

Abortion is another matter. There are certainly constitutional means to apply the 5th and 14th Amendments to the unborn. Congress could simply pass a law that defines persons to include the unborn. Or a constitutional amendment could be passed.

Barring that, the abortion issue would fall to the states in it's entirety once the execrable Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton were overturned. BArring that we remain where we are today, that being the SCOTUS holding that babies can be murdered until the last toe passes the birth canal at any age.

78 posted on 10/19/2007 3:20:10 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: jwalsh07

Yes, you are correct. Congress could simply pass a law that defines persons to include the unborn, or a Human Life Amendment could be passed.

My problem is that you’re telling the federal government can take over any issue where a majority of Congress says one state’s laws threaten life. Do you realize what that leads to?

When will conservatives realize that the liberals and bureaucrats they love giving power to don’t think like them?


80 posted on 10/19/2007 3:25:11 PM PDT by VirginiaConstitutionalist (Socialized medicine kills.)
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