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I would love to see a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution pass. But it's not realistically possible.

Since you asked I will share something a very learned professor taught me recently.

With a simple majority vote in both houses and Presidential signature into law, The federal courts can be stripped of jurisdiction in hearing ANY cases involving abortion. Roe would become dust in short order.

Please see:
Introduction to and explanation of:
The Life-Protecting Judicial Limitation Act of 2003
http://www.cpforlife.org/id128

I would love to see a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution pass

What would this ammendment say? How would it be enforced?

remember that the Constitution as it currently stands is a procedural document. It merely sets forth powers and processes for getting things done. It is not a criminal code and the last time we tried to make it such - prohibition, it blew up in everyone's face and we ended up with the wanted good being supplied by the mafia (a lesson I would suggest everyone here contemplate). It is one of the more embarrassing moments in our constitutional history.

I would love to see a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution pass. But it's not realistically possible.

Let me ask you this - do you think that it's not realistically possible to expect a Republican Congress to even introduce a resolution proposing a Human Life Amendment and to have a debate and an up or down vote on the resolution? Is it really too early to even start a legistlative dialogue on the issue of abortion?

Abortion is an important issue to a lot of people. Roe v. Wade has stifled meaningful, comprehensive debate on the issue of abortion. People who feel strongly about this issue are not going to feel that our system provides legitimate political mechanisms for change if they cannot even be heard to debate the issue in our legislative chambers.

Isn't there anyone in the Congressional leadership who is even willing to introduce a resolution proposing a Human Life Amendment?

I am aware that Congress has power to regulate the jurisdiction of federal courts, but abortions cannot be prevented by a total absence of any future court decisions.

The mistake of Roe v. Wade was that it removed abortion from our ordinary political processes. Win or lose, people have a right to a political debate on this issue. Why wouldn't the introduction of a resolution proposing a Human Life Amendment be a good way to reintroduce abortion to our political process?