Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: tejek who wrote (283576)	4/10/2006 5:39:00 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572919

Where does it say in the Constitution that people have a right to reproduce? It doesn't. And it doesn't have to. The federal government is given certain powers. If they are not given power in a certain area they have no constitutional authority to regulate in that area. OTOH the constitution does leave a lot up to the states. While I think it would be abusive and wrong for the states to pass legislation deciding who can have children and how many they can have, I don't see anything in the constitution that would directly block it. I imagine that courts would find something, because the judges would want to find something so much, and while I would support the result of getting rid of such intrusive legislation the method would be at the very least constitutionally dubious.