[Alberta's Child]

Fifth Amendment
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Fourteenth Amendment (Section 1 only)
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

I'm not sure what exactly you mean when you say that someone has a right "not to become pregnant" under one of these two amendments, but I'm willing to listen to your rationale.

[MHGinTN]

"... nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." We cannot declare that a woman must become pregnant (her body is her most private of property), as if it is in the public interest that she be so forced. Thi9s phrasing may also be applied to justly compensate the woman for the use of her body to bring the preborn citizen into the world alive, once we A) define the implanted life a person, and B) define it as in the public's interest to disallow serial killing of the preborn citizenry.

"... nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law ..." To force a woman to become pregnant would be tantamount to depriving her of her liberty, and no such law to allow that in process exists, as far as I am aware.

I have seldom dealt with the legaleaze of the abortion issue, so my goat status is glaring, but I shall get back to you on this this evening, AC; I'll be lurking about to hear Luis Gonzalez on FreepRadio, the Banana Republican show.