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Thank you oh so very much for sharing all of your insights, dear YHAOS!

What is particularly distinguishing about the Founding Fathers is that they were already at the pinnacle of their society and yet chose to extend sovereignty to all the people, thereby surrendering much of the advantage they held in society. Does anyone know of any other class of men who have done such a thing in all of history? Yes, I know, their definition of ‘the people’ was considerably more narrow than what it became. Nevertheless it was their impetus that propelled us forward, step by step, as we progressed from their beginnings. Forward step by step, that is, until some thirty-five years ago when a majority of nine black-robed Justices chose to deny ‘personhood’ to unborn children, and thereby commenced the march backwards in the denial of sovereignty to the people.

Precisely so. An entire class of people was deemed expendable at the convenience of another.

But unlike slavery, an aborted child does not have standing to sue for his right to life to test that law.

And now another class is at risk of being deemed expendable at the convenience of another - assisted suicide is the first step toward euthanasia.

”But unlike slavery, an aborted child does not have standing to sue for his right to life to test that law.”

As an interesting aside, I read not too long ago where Peta nutbars are suing the courts to grant standing to animals (starting with members of the Ape family and with family pets, I think), so they (the animals) can sue to secure their ‘rights’. It’s a sure shot that these same pathetic creatures would suffer an anal hemorrhage at the mere suggestion of legal standing for the unborn. Gives one a clear insight into the hierarchy of values held by these people.