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To: AFreeBird
IT IS a States Rights issue.

What other parts of the unalienable rights to life and liberty do you think states suddenly have the right to do away with?

Free speech?

The right to free assembly?

Religious liberty?

The right to keep and bear arms?

348 posted on 11/06/2007 5:08:54 PM PST by EternalVigilance (With "conservatives" like these, who needs liberals?)
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To: EternalVigilance
What other parts of the unalienable rights to life and liberty do you think states suddenly have the right to do away with?

I know that it sounds crazy, but there are many people in the United States that honestly do not believe that life begins at conception. If you want the 14th amendment to prevail and to get the issue revisited at the federal level then you should push to have your state recognize birth the very instant that a pregnancy is confirmed...issuing a birth certificate at that time. Physicians that perform abortions would be scared to test for pregnancy and would likely not want to take the chance of getting caught given how much paperwork and documentation go into patient records. The only thing that could not be stopped is women getting 'morning after pills' from locales where the drug is legally prescribed. Some Lefty will bring the state law through some sort of appeals process and it (the case) would eventually make it back to the high court.

Free speech?

John and Russ, the first names of two U.S. Senators; ring a bell?

The Constitution originally had a 3/5ths clause and did not allow the issue of slavery to be addressed until 1808. Prohibition of Alcohol was once made constitutional law...liberties have frequently been overlooked or been taken away through legislation; it's not always been the states doing either, as evidenced above.

Oh, and how much liberty lost do you suppose this fine list represents?

349 posted on 11/06/2007 7:01:33 PM PST by LowCountryJoe (I'm a Paleo-liberal: I believe in freedom; am socially independent and a borderline fiscal anarchist)
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