I’m sorry that you don’t believe in equal rights for all Americans.
As you know, its not about "equal rights", its about what is moral and what is clearly immoral.
In our system, morality gets worked into law by a process that is clearly defined. People argue with one another, persuade one another, and the argument goes on year after year, all over the United States, at the state and at the federal level. Endlessly.
If the lawmakers pass a law that is immoral, does it become moral? No, of course not. Is the argument over? No, of course not. If we win the argument, is the argument over? No, of course not, nor is it over if we lose the argument. The argument never ends.
Palin and Keyes are on the same side in this argument, and they both know it. Keyes picked on her to make a point, and its not a bad point, which is that changing the law or changing the constitution doesn't make abortion moral. Of course, she knows that and he knows she knows that. He's just trying to make a point. If he picked on someone who was actually pro-abortion, like any Democrat, the argument wouldn't have attracted nearly as much attention. But a conservative going after Palin because, supposedly, she isn't pro-life enough, well that gets people's attention. Its like, man bites dog. Thats all.
But she is pro-life, everyone knows it including Keyes.
It’s you who doesn’t believe in equal rights for everyone.
You’re the one wanting a federal law portecting one group of people.
Why not a federal law against killing a 1-hour-old? Why not a federal law against killing a twenty-year-old?
Why not have the federal government take over writing all criminal laws?
We ended up with Roe because of Justices who read the Constitution the way you do.