"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."
The above sentence is contained within the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution. Now I'm not a politician, but I'm not an idiot either! I understand plain English when I read it. The atrocious ruling by our Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade in 1973 is a violation of the 14th amendment to our Constitution.
First of all, abortion abridges the privileges or immunities of unborn citizens of the United States. They are denied every privilege they have because they are murdered before they even know they have them.
Secondly, abortion denies the unborn child the opportunity to live, live free, and be free to own anything. Unborn children are sentenced to death without ever being charged and with no ability nor opportunity to receive due process.
Third, abortion denies the unborn equal protection under the law. Apart from the horrors of war, the intentional killing of an innocent person is murder, except in the case of the unborn child, where it is the "freedom to choose what to do with one's own body". Now if we accept the argument that a woman is free to do whatever she wishes with her own body, under the 14th amendment's equal protection clause, that has to also apply to men. Now what if a man chooses to exercise his freedom to "do whatever he wishes with his own body" and rapes a woman? Will he be held to the same standard? No! And rightly so!
Abortion is an atrocity. It is immoral. It is ungodly. And according to our Constitution, it is illegal.
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While I agree with you, what happened is that the privacy laws overruled the 14th amendment. If you go and read the transcripts of how the Imperial Court ruled on Roe vs. Wade, you will note that they lifted privacy law over all other law.
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You are correct. The Supreme Court has overstepped its authority on several cases, Roe being one of the worst. They found a so-called right to privacy in the "penumbras" of the Constitution. Actually they just read what they wanted to read instead of what was plainly written before them. I'm of the thought that the Constitution is to be interpreted in a literal manner. When the Constitution says that Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion, nor prohibiting the free exercise thereof, that is exactly what it means. Congress cannot mandate nor establish a state religion, nor can it tell me I cannot believe or practice my faith, period, whether it be on the courthouse steps, a high school commencment service, or on a busy street corner. Look at all the attempts by various politicians to strip the second amendment of its authority. Their problem with it is that it guarantees an armed citizenry, which is not an easy citizenry to control or manipulate. Just this week, we have certain politicians attempting to censor Rush Limbaugh for daring to call them out. These people are all about free speech if it is in reference to a crucifix in a jar of urine, but not if it belongs to an American citizen who has the audacity to exercise his first amendment rights. I do not believe that this nation can be defeated by any foreign power. Sadly, it seems she is being destroyed from within by politicians and judges who have an agenda driven by someone other than the American people.
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God bless.