Having said that, this nation is founded upon the United States Constitution. Not based on the say-so of the Pope in Rome.
“Having said that, this nation is founded upon the United States Constitution. Not based on the say-so of the Pope in Rome.”
Our Founders wrote the Constitution based on Natural Law, just like Catholicism, or the Pope in Rome.
Amendment V
“No PERSON (emphasis mine) (snip)..nor be
deprived of LIFE (emphasis mine), liberty, ..”
My Webster dictionary right beside my computer says: person 1: human being. If a preborn baby is not a human being, what then?
So let’s take a look at this ultrasound:
http://www.cwcobgyn.com/images/4dpics_3.jpg
Sure looks like a human/person to me. How about some common sense, judges?
The Constitution was written to secure rights "for ourselves and our posterity," which means, our offspring not yet born. It took an Amendment to extend legal recognition to the human status of African ex-slaves. Our own children's human status may require another.