How seriously do you take the Constitution? The Preamble says that the ultimate goal of the document is "to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves AND OUR POSTERITY."
You do understand that the word posterity means "those who are not yet born," correct?
The Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments clearly protect the lives of those who have not been charged, tried and convicted on a capital offense.
Do you think babes in the womb are PERSONS? Because, even Judge Blackmun admitted that if they are, they are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment.
That's why I say that those who claim that unborn children ARE persons, but that states' rights trump the unalienable right to life, are WORSE than Blackmun.
I think conservatives will, when all is said and done agree with federal restrictions against abortion, including the partial birth abortion ban.
Even Ron Paul voted for it but he did say this:
“Despite its severe flaws, this bill nonetheless has the possibility of saving innocent human life, and I will vote in favor of it. I fear, though, that when the pro-life community uses the arguments of the opposing side to advance its agenda, it does more harm than good.”