[dark_lord]

Congratulations. You have just justified Roe vs. Wade in a completely new way (no need for penumbras here). As follows:

(1) Anything not specifically identified and limited in the Constitution is a right retained by the people.
(2) A woman has a right to do whatever she wants to with her body, including abort her fetus (baby), since this is neither identified by nor limited by the Constitution.

Therefore, by the fact that the Constitution did not specifically limit it, the right is therefore justified by the Constitution. Theoretically.

[eno_]

Both the "penumbra" and the misinterpretation of English Common Law are massive botches in Roe v. Wade.

Unlike what consenting adults do, an abortion kills a foetus, which is a life that cannot protect itself, which makes it the legitimate object of state protection.

[stickywillie]

Alan Keyes reminds us that abortion is referred to in the preamble of our incredible Constitution.....We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense......and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and "OUR POSTERITY", do ordain and.....