When the US Constitution was ratified in 1787, it included the Bill of Rights, which declared some specific restrictions on the federal government.
“No person shall...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;...”
The Fifth Amenment’s Due Process REQUIREMENT of the US Constitution.
Under the Fourteenth Amendment, the Due Process clause was incorporated, making the Due Process clause binding on state governments as well as the federal govt.
The Equal Protection clause was added to ensure its uniform application to all persons, commonly understood throughout history and, until 1973, as human beings.
“...nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;
nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
The 5th amendment’s due processs clause bound federal officials to defend innocent human life. No person, commonly understood to be a human being, could be killed without first being charged and convicted of a crime.
The 14th amendment incorporated the due process clause and added the equal protection clause. No person could be killed by any state, federal, or local official without being charged and convicted of a crime.
The equal protection clause mandated that all people must be treated equally under the law.
Legalized abortion is unconstitutional. It is not a states’ rights issue.
Here we go again.