| Nov. 1st, 2005 @ 09:35 am (no subject) |
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Why is abortion a central issue for a supreme court justice?
The answer is simple, because this single issue shows almost decisively much about the supreme court justice. This issue shows where the judge stands not only on woman's right, but on the separation between church and state. This single issue is the most important because it combines the ideals of the separation of church and state, as well as woman's rights and freedom over one's own body (a freedom that is soooo very essential, even more essential than free speech or any of the humdrum rights that are garanteed explicitly by the bill of rights.) This is not just about privacy, but it is about the right of a woman to choose her future, her worth, her role in society, her right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It is about the right of a woman to choose whether she wants to put her physical health, as well as mental health, on the line, whether she wants to go through hours of pain and years of responsibility. If the justice agrees with woman's equality and a man's right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but does not agree with the right to choose as constitutionally protected, then the judge is either inconsistent or has moral issues with abortion, the latter case would mean that the judge's decisions are infringing on the separation of church and state. The right to choose is not just not about liberty, it is about life and death for woman with complicated pregnancies. This is more than just a single issue, it is the issue that all our modern ideas of freedom, equality, and justice pend. This single issue conveys more meaning than almost all other issues. It will determine whether women have rights or whether they are nothing to society.
No one, especially orginialists, can argue with the constitution. A woman's right to choose is protected by the ninth, tenth, and fourteenth amendment, with the knowledge of what these amendments say, and in what context they were established.
In the constitutions own words:
"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." |
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