re: Roe v Wade officially overturned

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Undercover: "It's in there somewhere dammit"

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Is it the position of the conservative legal establishment that the plain text Ninth Amendment doesn’t exist?

The question was asked “where in the Constitution is abortion a right?”

1) The Ninth Amendment says that unenumerated rights exist and they are given the same weight as enumerated ones.

2) English common law, which rolled over into American common law, recognized first trimester abortions as a legal right.

3) If there exists unenumerated rights and if the Founders’ original views of such rights hold substantial weight as to how we interpret such rights, then yes, there is a cogent legal argument that the Constitution enshrines such rights and that first trimester abortion would be such a right.

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The question was asked “where in the Constitution is abortion a right?”

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And the answer is it isn't. That was fun.

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Well, the BOR has become a joke as well. Agree?

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Just say what you want to say.

Watching the news and them talking about abortions scheduled for today having been canceled. Imagine the kids born as a result and this conversation happening.

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Repeal the Ninth Amendment then

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I'm good.

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And as understand at the founding in the Common Law, first trimester abortions were a right.

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If you say so. But not really though.

That was fun

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I much prefer the federal government's rights to be exhaustively enumerated.

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That’s a position I can respect, if not share. The problem, from your position, is that the Ninth Amendment says enumeration itself doesn’t matter.

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And as understood at the founding in the Common Law, first trimester abortions were a right.

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once again read the Supreme Court decision, it has an extensive history section in it. (something Roe and Casey did NOT have)

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Repeal the Ninth Amendment then, because it says that enumeration does not matter with regards to personal Liberty. The constitution protects both enumerated and unenumerated rights.

And as understood at the founding in the Common Law, first trimester abortions were a right.

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Don't you find it rather odd that no actual constitutional legal scholars out there are making this argument?

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Since the child is a living human being, I believe his or her right to life supercedes any right that you strained to fabricate the mother has to murder it.

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Except that even murder is legal in the case of self defense.