[OkiMusashi]

Why can't we use this ruling to our advantage? It clearly outlaws abortion.

[kellynla]

Good question. Let me know when you find out the answer!

[spinestein]

[Why can't we use this ruling to our advantage?]


Because it is a "loose constructionist" argument, as in; the Constitution is a "living document" designed to be interpreted and reinterpreted according to the current social mood, to produce a legal precedent to support any conclusion that has already been decided upon, because the end justifies the means.

If we want to use this to our advantage (which we certainly can do) we will have to embrace this sophist way of thinking.

Remember that a "living document" adapting to the needs of our times is just a misleading name for a strategy to infringe on the Bill of Rights and our freedoms for our own good.

[longtermmemmory]

No it does not. Clearly.

The law only views being alive as having left the womb and breathing. (one independent breath)

In the womb and the fetus is "disposable" as a matter of law regardless of viability.

If the pro-life groups would smart, they would push for a compromise point of "viability".