I have no doubt that the Founders ALSO would not have wanted the Constitution to be used to settle partisan political issues - which is why they specifically rejected using the Constitution to legislate on the issue of slavery.
I do NOT consider pushing for an HLA to be a "real" pro-life position. I consider it to be a "made for TV" position which can rally the troops and make politicians look like they're "doing something", while yet not ever actually getting anything done on the issue. Pushing for an HLA has not saved a single baby's life - and if people were TRULY pro-life, they'd stop the windmill tilting and start utilising the proper, rule-of-law mechanism provided for dealing with issues such as this, which is the Constitutionally-encoded federalism that is meant to direct our governmental system.
Federalism will save babies' lives - pushing for a never-to-be-obtained HLA will not. Federalism has the additional advantage of actually respecting the intent of the law of the land while also actually getting something done. The USA is supposed to be a federally-joined conglomeration of 50 separate States (capital S) who unite for common defence and protection. Approaching abortion from an HLA standpoint is not only stupid policy, abortion-wise, but is also completely contrary to the whole ideological framework of the Constitition. If the Founders had wanted us to be a unitary state with provinces instead of States, they'd have simply modeled us off of France and been done with it.
Don't forget - while the unborn are morally valuabel people - they are not MORE morally valuable than the rest of us. I don't support setting the precedent of undermining the guaranteer of ALL our rights (the Constitution) on the premise of protecting the rights of some.
The founders compromise on slavery worked out real great for them and for our country didn’t it. The Civil war killed more Americans then all of our other wars combined. Yet the number killed in the civil war pales compared to the millions killed by abortion. How many more lives are you willing to sacrifice on the alter of a misguided view of federalism.