[OCCASparky]

By the way, have you ever read the Consitution and the Bill of Rights? Ever?

Sure have. And the fact remains that the SCOTUS should have refused to hear the case. But, with the court being the makeup it was at the time, they did, and we're living with the results.

That being said, it is NOT the right of the federal government to dictate to the states what's legal and what's not in this instance. Sorry, but that's the way it is. I'm as against abortion as you are, but two wrongs aren't going to make it right.

Methinks you might want to reread it while you're at it. This is a case where a conservative (or one who claims to be) is cutting the Constitution to fit his agenda. Sounds suspiciously like another so-called "Republican" candidate I can think of. You don't happen to spam polls, do you?

[nmh]

Your ignorance is amazing.

You could not possible have read the Constitution or the Bill of Rights with the asinine answer you gave me. Or maybe you're ability to comprehend is way off.

[wideawake]

That being said, it is NOT the right of the federal government to dictate to the states what's legal and what's not in this instance.

Muddled thinking.

The government does not have rights: it has specific Constitutional obligations and is granted the requisite authority to undertake those obligations.

Under the 14th Amendment, the federal government has the obligation to ensure that no state deprives any person of life without due process of law.

The states do not get to decide who gets to live and who gets to die. They have absolutely zero authority under the US Constitution to legislate on depriving unborn persons of life.

If one believes that abortion is a matter for the states, then one believes that the unborn are not persons and are therefore not protected by the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution.