Dragonlady
Designing Woman
- Dec 1, 2012
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Please quote the Constitutional text specifically guaranteeing the right to abortion.
The 14th Amendment.
"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. "
Laws which deny women the right to decide whether to have a baby denies her constitutional right to life and liberty. And don't start with rights for the zygote. It doesn't have rights.
That's bullshit.
By exactly the same logic, any law telling me that I don't have a right to kill you is a violation of my right to life and liberty.
Really, any law that compels or prohibits any behavior is, strictly speaking a violation of liberty.
The point, of course, is that in some cases, one's liberty must be abridged in order to protect the rights of another, such as the right of any human being (whether you, an unborn child, or anyone else) not to be murdered in cold blood.
If the Fourteenth Amendment can legitimately be twisted, as you are trying to do, to protect the “right” to murder an innocent child, then really, what laws can rightfully exist to prohibit any behavior?
You are a living breathing human being, you have righits, and no one has the right to take YOUR life. A zygote, or a fetus is not breathing, and under the Holy Bible, and all human laws since the beginning of time, has no rights.
Which makes moot your contention that a woman has no right to decide whether or not to have a baby, and has no dominion over her own body.
It's not "Bullshit". Even the Bible says that Adam didn't not become human until God "breathed life" into him. Breathe is life. Bible also says that God "formed" Adam, and when God was happy with His creation, he "breathed" life into him. Thus, while a human is being formed, he/she is not yet human or alive.
The 14th Amendment and the right of a woman have dominion over her own body are settled law, and one which men never questioned, until women starting demanding the right to vote. The moment women starting pushing for rights, men have tried to force them to have babies they cannot afford to have.
Kind of how as soon as black people starting voting in large numbers, white men seek to suppress their right to vote. And just like the argument against voting, it's to protect "rights" that aren't in danger.
The moment we starting advocating for things that really will save the lives of babies - things like universal health care, better education for poor children, higher wages for their mothers, mandated vacations for working families, family leave to care for sick family members, or anything to improve the health or the lives of poor children, you oppose it and point to the parents for being irresponsible enough to have children they can't afford to care for.
I'll believe you care about babies, when you starting advocating for living breathing children, and not just the unborn. Until you do, you're just anyother lying right winger.