That phrase appears in the Declaration of Independence, which although a brilliant, needed, and inspiring document, does not have the status in law which is held by the Constitution.
Abortion:
>Perry is pro-life and opposes government funding for elective abortions. In 2005, Perry, a social conservative, signed a bill that limited late-term abortions and required girls under the age of 18 who procure abortions to notify their parents. Perry signed the bill in the gymnasium of Calvary Christian Academy in Fort Worth, an evangelical Christian school.
>Perry signed into law a bill requiring a sonogram and doctor’s explanation before granting an abortion
>In 2005, Perry signed a new law that requires minor girls to receive parental consent before getting an abortion. This law strengthens a parental notification law Perry supported as Lt. Gov. in 1999, which
helped reduce teen abortions by 26 percent.
Perry has also signed a ban on third trimester abortions, a ban on tax dollars being used to support abortion facilities, a prenatal protection act that protects
unborn children from assault, and an informed consent law that helps expectant mothers better understand the risks and consequences of abortion. Perry supports a ban on human cloning and will veto any
legislation that provides state dollars for embryonic stem cell research, a process that ends a human life.
Perry urges to keep up pressure to roll back the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion until “Roe v. Wade is nothing but a shameful footnote in our nation’s history books.
>Perry, a frequent critic of the federal government, also bashed President Barack Obama for his administration’s policy allowing federal funding of embryonic stem cell research, saying he was deeply disturbed by studies that turn “the remains of unborn children into nothing more than raw material.”
>Perry has faulted Obama for reversing the so-called “Mexico City policy” that banned giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide information about abortions. Obama struck down the policy during his first week in office, saying it was too broad and undermined family planning in developing countries.
Under Obama “our federal tax dollars can now be used to fund abortion all over the world. With the stroke of a pen, abortion essentially became a U.S. foreign export,” Perry said.
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Immigration:
WHAT have other states done?? (with the exception of AZ Ok and Ga)
What have other candidates stated that they would do?
What has Sarah stated she would do?
What is Backmann’s plan?
What did Reagan do?
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2008/jan/06/rudy-giuliani/yep-reagan-did-the-a-word/
President Ronald Reagan was the first president in history to grant amnesty to illegal aliens. On November 6, 1986, he signed into law the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, [PUB L 99-603]. In so doing, he set a precedent whereby the United States would not seek to deport illegal aliens, but to reward their lawbreaking by granting them full citizenship.
What have they done? Promised?
Nothing.
They can’t.
They won’t.
Ain’t gonna happen.
Perry wants passage of a measure requiring every person arrested to be run through the federal immigration databases as part of the Secure Communities program. He also wants to provide the state Department of Public Safety with the authority to make sure someone is in the U.S. legally before issuing a driver’s license.
>These measures, along with a ban on sanctuary cities, would “provide a clear message that Texas will not turn a blind eye to those breaking our laws,” Perry said in a statement.
“Texas owes it to the brave law enforcement officials, who put their lives on the line every day to protect our families and communities, to give them the discretion they need to adequately do their jobs,” Perry said.
http://www.rickperry.org/media-articles/perry-adds-immigration-issues-lawmakers-agenda-0?amp
>Gov. Perry has made numerous requests of the federal govt. to enforce the border in Texas including handing President Obama a letter in person when he landed in Dallas last year.
(Obama insulted governor Perry when he turned away and Perry had to hand the letter on the illegals issue to presidential adviser Valerie Jarrett. Obama declined to personally accept it.)
>Gov. Perry refuses to meet/greet Obama in May 2011 at El Paso during his Texas tour.
Perry later declared, “If he wanted to meet, I was in Austin.
>Perry signed into law photo ID required before voting.
NEWSFLASH! None of them are going to do much.
We have to take the best of the lot.
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Perry has done the best he can in a state full of Mexicans and Rats fighting him every step of the way.
We have to run a man who can beat Obama.
We cannot afford another four years of the Marxist/Muslim usurper!
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However, the following statements DO APPEAR in the Constitution:
Amendment V:
...nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;...Amendment XIV, Section 1:
...No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; 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.
If the unborn baby is a person, it is unconstitutional for the federal or any state government to pass a law that would deprive the baby's rights.
The whole issue, and this is even acknowledged in Roe, is whether or not the unborn baby is a person.
Keep in mind that the last time Americans decided to define persons as nonpersons it ended VERY BADLY.
The entire "pro-choice-by-state" approach is absurd. What it is implying is that one state can declare persons to not be persons.
Moreover, there is NO EVIDENCE to suggest that this approach would make any actual dent in the number of abortions being performed. A handful of liberal states like New York, Illinois and California are responsible for the overwhelming majority of abortions and the "pro-choice-by-state" crowd openly acknowledges that these states WILL NOT outlaw abortion. Well over 95% of the people in the continental US live within a day's drive of an abortuary in a state that will never ban abortion if given the option.
the right to life is guaranteed in the bill of rights in the 5th amendment and is also in the 14th amendment, btw, the constitution and bill of rights was based on what was written in the declaration of independence, that magna carta and other documents...