There is no legitimate power to alienate the God-given, unalienable right to life of any innocent person. Never has been, never will be.
When it comes to the equal protection of innocent human life, all there is is the absolute duty to protect it.
This is the raison d'etre, or reason for being, of all legitimate governments.
This is the defining first principle of this free republic.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men..."
The consent of the governed, without those self-evident truths, can amount lead to arbitrary mob rule, not constitutional, republican self-government.
The consent of the governed, without the principles of our Declaration, can produce a Gaza, but not the United States of America.
And there is no legitimate power of the federal government to enforce that. It resides with the States. If you want that power transferred to the federal government, do it right and get an amendment so that the States get an opportunity to debate that issue and decide if they want to give them that power. Don't try to claim they already voted on it over 140 years ago, but didn't understand what it was they were voting on.