In article <1992Nov20.131714.10234@doug.cae.wisc.edu> mccullou@cae.wisc.edu (Mark McCullough) writes:
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>In article <1eg9ngINNsuq@uwm.edu>, simon@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (David Joseph Simon) writes:
>> Hi there all
>> someone named Brian I think from Arizona asked the question of pro-choice people:|> "You say you have the "right to choose". Who is the authority that grants you this right?
>> I have a simple answer for this.|> 1. Its called the constitution.
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>I wouldn't go off claiming that the constitution says things it doesn't.
>The constitution and its 27 amendments never mention the word
>abortion or make any references to it. Then again, this hasn't stopped
>the supreme court from making a fool of itself in the 60's, when the
>supreme court ruled that the consitution allowed 18 year olds the right
>to vote. The amendment to do that came _after_ that decision. If
>you read the constitution, it never mentions the age 18 at all. :)
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>People use the constitution for too much. It is a foundation, not
>the end all. If people want abortion legal or outlawed, pass a law.
>Don't try to read it into the constitution. Of course I would never
>last as a judge, if the constitution doesn't make a reference to it,
>it isn't in the constitution. A horrible attitude I know, but it is
>real life.
Bill of Rights, Amendment 9:
The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be
construed to deny or disparage other rights retained by the people.
ie. The right to have control over one's own body.
Try reading the constitution before posting about what it says.
