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The burden is on you to prove that they would have in any way countenanced the alienation of the supreme right of more than fifty million innocent persons, so far.

Having ratified the amendment, they did not then proceed to ban abortion. If that had been the intent of the amendment, they would have done that immediatly upon ratification. The practice of abortion remained within the jurisdiction of the individual states, where it has always resided.

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Having ratified the amendment, they did not then proceed to ban abortion.

So? It was considered heinous, and beyond the pale. They didn't have some obligation to outlaw every conceivable atrocity that could ever be committed. All they had to do was require the protection of all persons. Which they did.

If that had been the intent of the amendment, they would have done that immediatly upon ratification.

Really? Did they immediately outlaw killing redheads who are between the ages of five and six?

The practice of abortion remained within the jurisdiction of the individual states, where it has always resided.

Where it probably would have stayed if States did not begin to allow the butchering of millions of innocent persons, contrary to the oaths their officers all had sworn both to support the U.S. Constitution and the constitutions of their own States, which all require the equal protection of the right to life of all persons.