Mark says that seven unelected men invented the right to abortion.
The rights of privacy and personal freedom that Skinner v. Oklahoma and its progeny proclaim weren't "invented" by the Court - they are part of our rights as humans.
Remember this?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
That's the first National expression, and it's also the first National expression of our rights as the citizens of the Nation. It's where our rights to speak freely are recognized, and also our rights to love, worship and have the privacy and integrity of our bodies are initially formalized.
The Founders accomplished all of this in two pages, and in a context as close to the discovery of America by Europeans as they are to today. Don't suggest that because these rights are not enumerated they don't exist.
In Skinner v. Oklahoma, the United States Supreme Court interpreted the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to prohibit the State of Oklahoma from sterilizing prisoners with out their consent. Skinner is the case from which Roe v. Wade, Casey, and other personal freedom/right to privacy cases stem.
It's not just abortion that's on the block here, it is all of those rights. Roe v. Wade may be a decision you hate, and you may also be opposed to gay marriage, but what about access to contraceptives? Do you really think anyone should be sterilized against their will?
Your letter shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the origins of Roe or the consequences of it being overturned.
GOP members often take the view that they should be free from vaccine requirements - why? What's the basis of that assertion? It's a personal freedom argument, and it is a fair topic for debate.
Where is it that the government can intervene in our personal lives? There's nothing in the Constitution that describes this in much detail.
I agree that this should be a subject of legislative action. It's not something that is easily described in a constitutional document, and abortion rights, gay marriage, access to contraception and even whether you have to take the jab should be the subject of federal legislation. But with or without the Constitution, and even in the absence of such laws, all of us should enjoy certain personal freedoms to love, to procreate (or not) to worship (or not), to think, to speak because of our status as people.
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Mark says that seven unelected men invented the right to abortion.
The rights of privacy and personal freedom that Skinner v. Oklahoma and its progeny proclaim weren't "invented" by the Court - they are part of our rights as humans.
Remember this?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
That's the first National expression, and it's also the first National expression of our rights as the citizens of the Nation. It's where our rights to speak freely are recognized, and also our rights to love, worship and have the privacy and integrity of our bodies are initially formalized.
The Founders accomplished all of this in two pages, and in a context as close to the discovery of America by Europeans as they are to today. Don't suggest that because these rights are not enumerated they don't exist.
In Skinner v. Oklahoma, the United States Supreme Court interpreted the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to prohibit the State of Oklahoma from sterilizing prisoners with out their consent. Skinner is the case from which Roe v. Wade, Casey, and other personal freedom/right to privacy cases stem.
It's not just abortion that's on the block here, it is all of those rights. Roe v. Wade may be a decision you hate, and you may also be opposed to gay marriage, but what about access to contraceptives? Do you really think anyone should be sterilized against their will?
Your letter shows a fundamental lack of understanding of the origins of Roe or the consequences of it being overturned.
GOP members often take the view that they should be free from vaccine requirements - why? What's the basis of that assertion? It's a personal freedom argument, and it is a fair topic for debate.
Where is it that the government can intervene in our personal lives? There's nothing in the Constitution that describes this in much detail.
I agree that this should be a subject of legislative action. It's not something that is easily described in a constitutional document, and abortion rights, gay marriage, access to contraception and even whether you have to take the jab should be the subject of federal legislation. But with or without the Constitution, and even in the absence of such laws, all of us should enjoy certain personal freedoms to love, to procreate (or not) to worship (or not), to think, to speak because of our status as people.
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