That amendment nullified the debt owed slaveowners (slavery had already been abolished by the South in the North when the South willingly ratified the 13th Amendment) for emancipation - the first instance of the Federal Government taking an individual's property without compensation, and it still hasn't broken the habit.
The 14th Amendment is a fraud:
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a38ae1fc86628.htm
Thanks for bringing up the subject, but lets get back to abortion.