You’re evading.
The question is not whether the states can defend the God-given, unalienable rights of the people, starting with the supreme right, the right to live.
The question is whether they must do so, in order to fulfill God’s requirement, and the natural law’s requirement, and the stated principles of the republic’s founding, and the stated purposes of the Constitution, all of them, and the explicit, imperative requirement of the Constitution.
“No person shall be deprived of life without due process of law.”
“No State shall deprive any person of life without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
Sorry, but the keeping of the oath is not optional. It is absolutely binding.
“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and ALL executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States AND of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution...”
“Sorry, but the keeping of the oath is not optional. It is absolutely binding.”
I don’t think anybody will disagree with you about that.
Unfortunately, the government we have is a direct reflection of the people who have elected them. Neither keeps oaths. Look at the divorce rate. People have turned their backs on God. The Republic will not be saved until there is widespread repentance.
You didn’t answer my question about what an EV administration would do about abortion at the state level.
What Article and Section contains this explicit, imperative requirement the Constitution imposes on the States?