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To: AuH2ORepublican; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; John D; rabscuttle385; BillyBoy; Clintonfatigued; ...
RE :”For example, if you had read my posts carefully, you would have picked up on the fact that I was saying that Congress could ban abortion pursuant to its powers under the 14th Amendment.

That is because you are making it up as you go along because the US constitution doesnt mean crap to you. But it does to me.
Try: Scalia: Abortion not in the Constitution(Life Site News | January 4, 2011 | JOHN JALSEVAC )

I interpret “Not in” meaning “not even in the 14th amendment“ contrary to your bogus claims Mr ‘If you were really pro-life you would agree to whatever I say no matter how wrong it is

166 posted on 04/29/2011 10:22:59 PM PDT by sickoflibs ("It's not the taxes, the redistribution is the federal spending=tax delayed")
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To: sickoflibs

Now you’ve really jumped the shark. Did you even read the article you posted? Here’s what Justice Scalia says that led the author to write that headline:

“You want a right to abortion? There’s nothing in the Constitution about that,” he said. “But that doesn’t mean that you cannot prohibit it. Persuade your fellow citizens it’s a good idea and pass a law.”

So what Justice Scalia is saying is that the Constitution does not contain a “right to abortion,” and that abortion can be prohibited through legislation. Thank you for proving my point for me.

There is nothing in the Constitution about beer bottles. However, that does not mean that Congress can’t pass a law prohibiting states from adopting protectionist statutes that discriminate against goods in interstate commerce (such as, say, a Delaware law that only allows bottled beer to be sold in the state if it’s in a purple glass bottle with a crab engraved in the bottle such as the one used by a Delaware bottler), because the Commerce Clause specifically empowers Congress to regulate commerce between the states. Similarly, the Constitution does not need to mention the word “abortion” for Congress to be able to legislate through Section 5 of the 14th Amendment to prevent states from killing unborn children; after all, states cannot deny anyone their life without due process of law, and if courts recognized (as all pro-lifers do) the scientific fact that life begins at conception, no state would be able to permit abortion.


168 posted on 04/30/2011 9:01:04 AM PDT by AuH2ORepublican (If a politician won't protect innocent babies, what makes you think that he'll protect your rights?)
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