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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1287)	10/5/2000 6:40:32 AM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Ron, you say.."Abortion is an traumatic experience for ANY woman to go through." ........yes, but having an unplanned unwanted child is worse. Abortion averts ruining two lives not just one.

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (1287)	10/6/2000 3:02:49 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 10042

Well, I don't think we need a constitutional amendment because I don't think it would receive the 3/4 ratification among the individuals states. And it would only be self-defeating for conservatives... Preserving the woman's right to an abortion under Roe v Wade is one thing... You misunderstand my point. I wasn't arguing for a constitutional amendment banning abortion. (Although I would not have a problem with one), I was rather asserting that since the constitution says nothing about abortion then there is no constitutional right to an abortion, and that if one was to be created it would take a constitutional amendment. Of course in practice if the court says something is a constitutional right then it doesn't really matter if the constitution says nothing about it, but there job properly is to interpret what is actually in the constitution, not imagine that the constitution says what they want it to say, and effectively create law based on that imagination. If we to actually follow the constitution abortion would not be a federal issue, but instead one for the states. Tim