Yes, we have more rights than before but unfortunately, many of them (like Abortion) aren't enumerated in the Constituion.
We didn't have the lawsuit problem when the framers were writing the bill of rights, otherwise no doubt they would have written in some protections. Now we do have a lawsuit problem, and we need a hard core protection from this kind of abuse.
I heard Bush say something about tort reform in his speech yesterday. Hope he can pull something off.