What is the problem with the SCOTUS decision on abortion? Is it because the far left has been told that it was a Constitutional Right? If that is the case someone please show me where in the Constitution it says that abortion is a right.
Do we teach in schools the Constitution and just what it is? If they do is the 10th Amendment not mentioned? It clearly states that if something is not designated as a Federally controlled item it is reserved to the various states or the people. Now if you ask me that is probably the most democratic statement in the Constitution. The people can decide, thru their elected representatives, just how the state will handle an issue. THE PEOPLE CAN DECIDE, not a bunch of bureaucrats setting Washington, D.C. If you do not like how your state is handling an issue, get out and find someone who follows your line of thinking and if you are unsuccessful this time try again later on.
As for the 2nd Amendment, the militia is every able bodied citizen of a state, not just the National Guard. If anything is wrong with the 2nd Amendment it's that the states have not fulfilled their obligation to ensure that every able-bodied citizen is well regulated and ready for the call to arms. Doesn’t anyone read about this stuff? We need to get the anti-US people out of D.C. in both parties.
Forced pregnancy is Involuntary Servitude, violates these 13 th Amendment. COTE LIBERALLY TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND WOMENS FREEDOM. Looks like some Floridians want to class women as inferior to men - again.
Can we get an example of this "forced pregnancy" ? A woman is allowed to not have sex, a woman is allowed to take birth control, a woman is allowed to have her partner use a condom. You do know rape is a crime right?
Prosecuting a rapist doesn't solve the problem of a pregnancy resulting from rape. The CDC estimates that 1 in 5, some studies estimate 1 in 4, girls are victims of sexual abuse. If you have never known a 12 year old pregnant by incest, you cannot understand the heartbreaking reality that a child can become pregnant.
How about the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution that says states do not have the right to pass laws that would deny a person equal protection of the laws. One should legitimately question whether denying a women the right to make a decision about her own body but doing nothing to prevent a man from making a woman pregnant is a denial of her equal protection.
The first amendment states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." This has been widely interpreted to mean there is a separation of church and state. You may practice whatever religion you wish, but the US will remain a sectarian state (not a theocracy) that does not recognize or encourage the establishment of any specific religion. All the hype against abortion is driven by the Christian religious right, which has pushed its religious viewpoint as justification for its anti-abortion rhetoric.
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Forced pregnancy is Involuntary Servitude, violates these 13 th Amendment. COTE LIBERALLY TO PROTECT DEMOCRACY AND WOMENS FREEDOM. Looks like some Floridians want to class women as inferior to men - again.
Can we get an example of this "forced pregnancy" ? A woman is allowed to not have sex, a woman is allowed to take birth control, a woman is allowed to have her partner use a condom. You do know rape is a crime right?
Prosecuting a rapist doesn't solve the problem of a pregnancy resulting from rape. The CDC estimates that 1 in 5, some studies estimate 1 in 4, girls are victims of sexual abuse. If you have never known a 12 year old pregnant by incest, you cannot understand the heartbreaking reality that a child can become pregnant.
My point was that's not what he is referring to at all
Henry,
How about the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution that says states do not have the right to pass laws that would deny a person equal protection of the laws. One should legitimately question whether denying a women the right to make a decision about her own body but doing nothing to prevent a man from making a woman pregnant is a denial of her equal protection.
The first amendment states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." This has been widely interpreted to mean there is a separation of church and state. You may practice whatever religion you wish, but the US will remain a sectarian state (not a theocracy) that does not recognize or encourage the establishment of any specific religion. All the hype against abortion is driven by the Christian religious right, which has pushed its religious viewpoint as justification for its anti-abortion rhetoric.
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