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To: Mr. Silverback
If so, then any state should be able to decriminalize owning an African if they feel like it.

In Roe, the unborn were not considered "persons" and therefore not protected by the due process clause of the 14th amendment.

466 posted on 04/18/2007 10:15:18 AM PDT by JeffAtlanta
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To: JeffAtlanta; Mr. Silverback

Which is exacly why this decision is significant - in the respect of giving the aborted baby some “personhood” that was stolen in the Roe v. Wade decision.


530 posted on 04/18/2007 10:45:41 AM PDT by visually_augmented (I was blind, but now I see)
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