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To: Elroy who wrote (326529)	2/21/2007 1:24:10 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576015

No kidding Ted. Alter a few justices on the SC, and the 9 of them will together conclude that abortion rights are not enshrined in the constitution. I don't think so. The law is less grounded in morality and/or partisanship, and more in English Common Law. Its why conservative appointees to the USSC always end up disappointing the right. If one truly understands the concept of Right to Privacy and understand its evolution in the American legal system, it is very difficult to come to any other conclusion. My point is not that I really know whether abortion rights are in the constitution - I'm not a lawyer - but I do think it is something that should be decided by the electorate, and not by the Supreme Court. Why? Its a legal issue; not an elective one. The SC ultimately determines what is the law of the land by conceptionalizing it. Then the legislatures create the actual law. In the case of abortion, the people then can elect to have an abortion, or not. Personally I am against abortion but I defend every woman's right to have one.