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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (6019)	5/13/2006 5:17:36 PM
From: DMaA	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14758

As I understand it it asserted a very narrow right that just covered abortion. I broad right of privacy would require just about the dismantling of the whole Federal Government. Roe v. Wade asserts a general right of privacy of American citizens vis a vis their gov't.

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (6019)	5/13/2006 8:16:08 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 14758

The USSC assumes a right to privacy but it repeatedly has noted that in a number of areas there is no expectation of privacy. If you had a true general constitutional right of privacy you couldn't have an income tax because the Feds wouldn't be able to find out how much money you made. In the majority decision of Roe privacy is also limited - "These decisions make it clear that only personal rights that can be deemed "fundamental" or "implicit in the concept of ordered liberty," Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U. S. 319, 325 (1937), are included in this guarantee of personal privacy." members.aol.com The decision than goes on to specify that this "right" "is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy.", but does not specifically extend it or recognize it as extending to anything totally unrelated to abortion. Tim