You deplore the 'penumbras' seen to justify Roe, [as do I], -- yet now you want to let congress find some to federalize murder.
The mind spins with the dichotomy of that position.
Conservatives must come to grips with a fact. "Dependent life" is not totally "innocent", as the unborn are made out to be by the radical anti-abortionists. Life begins at independence. The rapists' spawn MUST be allowed to be ejected from its wrongful abode. Therefore, abortion in some cases CAN NOT be considered murder. DEPENDENT LIFE IS NOT INNOCENT LIFE - that's a conservative principle. We believe in liberty from the dependent. That was the whole principle behind welfare reform. There is a virtual umbilical cord that leads from the producer to the welfare recipient. If it can be cut, then other umbilical cords that provide sustenance from an unwilling producer must be able to be cut. Women have a right to be secure in their persons - no unwanted attachments. However, Doctors must try to save the baby if it is viable, because it has a right to independent life as well. Independence my friends. That is the key.
Scalia sees no abortion right in Constitution re-emphasized his view that women don't have a constitutional right to an abortion. His belief flies against the court's majority decision in the 1973 case Roe v. Wade, which found a constitutionally protected right of privacy that covers abortion.
"My votes in abortion cases have nothing to do with my pro-life views," Scalia said after his speech at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. "They have to do with the text of the Constitution. And there is nothing, nothing in the Constitution that guarantees the right to an abortion."
"It says what it says, and it ought not to be twisted," he said.
Judicial rulings on those clauses - and the entire Constitution - must be based on their text, the authors' original intent or historical practice, he said.
The appropriate way to deal with an issue that demands updating judicial precedent or the Constitution is by legislative action or, where appropriate, a constitutional amendment.
He dismissed the idea that abortion is a constitutionally protected right, but he also said the Constitution doesn't explicitly prohibit abortions, either. He indicated the issue ultimately should be decided by a constitutional amendment.