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Originally Posted by Axiom OOP--I wonder if the Founding Fathers had fetus' rights in mind while they wrote the Constitution. I think interpretation of the Constitution is required when it comes to fetus' rights. An honest question: did they have abortion back then?
Axiom--What can clearly be discerned by the V and XIV Amendments are that no person(s)/human(s) life is taken without "Due Process". It doesn't matter if they were considering zygote, fetus, mentally handicapped, etc...when writing these two amendments. LIFE, Liberty, and Property of a person was their concern.
They didn't determine degrees of LIFE; stages of LIFE; or quality of the LIFE, only that LIFE was protected from being taken without "Due Process". They were very particular about these points, otherwise why write two seperate amendments protecting them? | But you said persons / humans... Many people (including myself) do not consider a fetus to be either... So that blasts your argument right out of the water... | Then as I challenged OOP, I challenge you...define "person". And, if you cannot adequately define it (no one has, but good luck anyway) then as I said before..."Due Process" is established to "err on the safe side" the Court should have and must eventually do the same. | Easy... One you emerge from your mothers Vagina, ALIVE, you are a person... Fight the good fight, and die with the enemy's heart in your hand. http://www.armysailor.com http://www.tadpolenet.com/techblog
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