[GVnana]

Article underscores the facts forgotten in recent years. "Abortion rights" advocates were not gaining ground in the US until the activism of SCOTUS in Roe v. Wade. I can't speak from memory of all the different state laws, but in California, abortion was always illegal except in the cases of rape, incest, or where the life of the mother was endangered by giving birth.

The question of citizenship/personhood in the law is traditionally reserved to the individual states as intended by the framers. These matters are best addressed on the state level. This is why I have always supported federalist candidates and will continue to do so.

[Philo-Junius]

The 14th amendment took the definition of citizenship out of the hands of the states, and the language of the amendment makes personhood an unavoidable federal issue, since the amendment requires equal protection of all persons.

The federalism/states’ rights approach to abortion is inoperative.