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Actually, Congress has the authority to end legal abortion without input from the SCOTUS, which is why Hunter introduced his legilation in 2003 - and reintroduced it a few days ago.

The last Congress, controlled by Republicans, couldn't even pass a minimal bill requiring parental notification of a minor child hiring an abortionist to chop up a child and grandchild, deeming such a measure far too right-wing and extreme. They have become useless.

Cordially,

Even if Hunter could get his "Right to Life" Bill passed, every single SCOTUS Justice up to and including Scalia himself has said that defining Unborn Children as "Persons" would not pass muster under the 14th Amendment ("All persons born etc...") and would be struck down by the Court as Unconstitutional.

What would be necessary for such an "end run" legislative strategy to work would be to define unborn children as Persons and also legislatively remove Abortion from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court altogether -- as proposed by Ron Paul's "Sanctity of Life" Act.

Hunter's "Right to Life" Bill, lacking this key provision, is absolutely DOA. He knows full well that as long as Abortion remains within the purview of SCOTUS, even Scalia would vote to scrap his Bill. However, it makes for good "Pro-Life" showboating, while (even if enacted) actually accomplishing absolutely nothing.

BTW -- Diamond, are you interested in supporting Ron in the Primaries?