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To: Chunga
The legal arguments for overturning Roe have rarely been about the personhood of the fetus.

Baloney. Roe could not have been decided the way it was without the denial of the personhood of the unborn. Blackmun, in the majority decision, made that clear. The whole decision turned on this question, more than any other factor, by far.

A. The appellee and certain amici argue that the fetus is a "person" within the language and meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. In support of this, they outline at length and in detail the well-known facts of fetal development. If this suggestion of personhood is established, the appellant's case, of course, collapses, for the fetus' right to life would then be guaranteed specifically by the Amendment. - Justice Blackmun, Roe vs. Wade decision

28 posted on 08/26/2007 3:41:14 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (States' rights don't trump God-given, unalienable rights...support the Reagan pro-life platform)
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To: EternalVigilance
The Supreme Court decided Roe in part using Blackmun's rationale.

The arguments for overturning it have almost always resided elsewhere...in the states' rights arena.

It is clear...very clear...that Roe can be overturned by constructionists on the basis of states' rights alone...on the basis of overreach on the part of a Federal court that used a non-existent "Constitutionally-guaranteed right to privacy" as its rationale.

How dense can you be? Keep posting...we'll find out!

33 posted on 08/26/2007 3:51:11 PM PDT by Chunga (Conservatives Don't Let Democrats Win Elections. They Vote Republican.)
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