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Originally Posted by Ghostwriter
This decision is controversial and I believe it tramples on states rights. It also does not recognize the child as a viable being/person deserving protection. It is all opinion and hence the reason I stated specifically the Bill of Rights and not all amendments. It is the reading/interpretation of the amendments that I disagree with. I suspect that if Roe v. Wade were to come up now a different opinion might be forthcoming. I simply do not read the 14th as the court did.
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There is no question that the decision in
Roe is controversial, nor is there any question that lots of legal scholars -- including many who support abortion rights -- think that
Roe is terrible decision, both in its legal analysis and its jurisprudence. That said, it's still (at least in part) valid precedent, so whether you or I or anyone else agrees with it or not, it's the law and will be the law until the Supreme Court reverses its position or the Constitution is amended.
But I still don't get why you singled out the Bill of Rights as opposed to all amendments. The amendments that come after the Bill of Rights amend the entire Contitution, including (often) the Bill of Rights. The question shouldn't be "does it violate the Bill of Rights"; it should be "does it violate the Constitution." By what legal basis do the Bill of Rights take precedence over the rest of the Constitution?
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