[EternalVigilance]

How are you going to overturn Roe without establishing the personhood of the unborn, re the Fourteenth Amendment?

[Chunga]

You overturn Roe by appointing constructionist judges who understand that the right to abortion is not found in the language of the Constitution, and who understand that a Federal "right to privacy" is a "right" fashioned out of thin air.

There are thousands of judges around the country who subscribe to this viewpoint. If appointed to the SCOTUS, they would all vote to overturn Roe vs. Wade on these basis alone.

The legal arguments for overturning Roe have rarely been about the personhood of the fetus. They have been about the overreach of the federal government and its impinging on states' rights.

[hunter112]

How are you going to overturn Roe without establishing the personhood of the unborn, re the Fourteenth Amendment?

Roe is merely 1970 science frozen into law. You recognize that what we understood about fetal life three and a half decades ago has been superceded by techniques that affirm the potential human condition of the unborn, and that individual states have the prerogative of protecting it. Other states have the prerogative of not protecting it, if their voters/legislators so deem.

You define fetal life as a sort of transitional period between living and nonliving, and let the states assume jurisdiction of it. Not my personal belief, but an answer to your question.

[WFTR]

How are you going to overturn Roe without establishing the personhood of the unborn, re the Fourteenth Amendment?

That one is simple. The Supreme Court could decide that nothing in the Constitution allows the federal government to assert power over abortion laws on the basis of the right of privacy. Just as the Supreme Court has made bad decisions in the past and then retreated from them, the court could say that Roe vs. Wade was decided wrongly and that states could decide for themselves whether to regulate abortion and what the grounds for regulating abortion would be.

Bill

[Spiff]

How are you going to overturn Roe without establishing the personhood of the unborn, re the Fourteenth Amendment?

How are you going to get 3/4 of the states to ratify an Amendment which would essentially ban abortion nationwide.

But, agree or disagree with the exact method of eliminating abortion and promoting a culture of life, you seem to have admitted that Mitt Romney is pro-life and will work to defend life if elected President.

[steve-b]

...the Fourteenth Amendment

All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.

(How do you do blink tags? I really do think you need them, having made such a profoundly inane statement.)