10th Amendment : Regarding powers of states and people.

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the
Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are
reserved to the states respectively, or to the people."

Okay, it is quiz time again. Did you happen to notice that
ugly word "abortion" listed in any of those Ten Amendments?
Well, you are not alone, because I didn't either; and that
is where the problem lies. There are also some fundamental
rights which the U.S. Supreme Court has legally recognized,
that are not actually enumerated in the U.S. Constitution,
or more specifically, in the Bill of Rights. These include
the following:

The right to interstate travel.
The right to marriage.
The right to privacy.
The right to procreation.

Sadly, on January 22, 1973, the supposedly wise justices who
sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, added the right to obtain an
abortion to the above short list of recognized fundamental
rights. What in the world were they thinking, and how could
they possibly arrive at such a terrible conclusion? The way
that it happened is simply this: Justice Harry Blackmun and
six other justices, embracing a very liberal interpretation
of the Bill of Rights, determined that the "right of privacy
. . . is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether
or not to terminate her pregnancy"; and that, tragically, is
how the Roe v Wade ruling became the deadly instrument for
legalizing abortion throughout the United States of America.

Ever since that historic determination was made, many legal
experts have argued that it was a poor ruling that was based
on an extremely weak interpretation of the US Constitution.
While I myself am no legal expert and have never studied law,
I must concur with their opinion. Yet despite their protests,
the right to obtain an abortion has endured for thirty-six
years now, and millions of innocent unborn children have been
slaughtered, to the shame of the American people.

The two judges who dissented and did not go along with the
majority ruling were Associate Justices Byron R. White and
William H. Rehnquist. In his dissent, Justice White stated
quite emphatically:

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"I find nothing in the language or history of the
Constitution to support the Court's judgment. The Court
simply fashions and announces a new constitutional right for
pregnant mothers and, with scarcely any reason or authority
for its action, invests that right with sufficient substance
to override most existing state abortion statutes."

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For his part, Justice William H. Rehnquist basically said
that the majority had fabricated the right to an abortion
out of thin air, because not only did it not exist in the
Bill of Rights, but prior to the Roe v. Wade ruling, the
precedent was that the majority of the states wanted to
limit abortions. In other words, the Blackmun court even
went against the precedent, and overruled what the States
clearly wanted. Rehnquist wrote in part:

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"To reach its result, the Court necessarily has had to find
within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment a right that
was apparently completely unknown to the drafters of the
Amendment. As early as 1821, the first state law dealing
directly with abortion was enacted by the Connecticut
Legislature. By the time of the adoption of the Fourteenth
Amendment in 1868, there were at least 36 laws enacted by
state or territorial legislatures limiting abortion. While
many States have amended or updated their laws, 21 of the
laws on the books in 1868 remain in effect today."

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Thus we see that, despite President Bush's personal position
regarding abortion, and despite the fact that he succeeded in
appointing conservative-leaning judges to the Supreme Court,
as well as to many courts of appeal, legalized abortion still
remains the law of the land; and surely, this is to our shame.
Furthermore, due to the fundamental right to privacy, to this
day, a woman retains full control over her body when it comes
to the issue of abortion. Under normal conditions, neither a
spouse, boyfriend, or anyone else, can override her personal
decision to obtain an abortion. Thankfully, at least there
are restrictions, although by no means bullet-proof, when it
comes to a minor girl attempting to do the same.

What aggravates the abortion problem even more, is the fact
that we now have sex education being taught in the American
public school system. Furthermore, to add insult to injury,
it has also become common practice for some schools to make
condoms available to their students. In my view, doing this
only contributes to the problem of sexual promiscuity, which
will obviously increase the opportunity for abortions to be
sought out. It's also my belief that sex education is a very
private matter, and is something that children should really
be taught in the privacy of their own home, by their parents.

I also find it quite disturbing, and in fact alarming, that
due to the right to privacy, and the current status of some
abortion laws in some states, a teenaged pregnant girl can
now receive counseling at school, without her parents even
being notified about it. The fact that the girl is still a
minor, under the care of her parents, and the fact that her
parents are legally responsible for her, should nullify the
minor's right to privacy, when it comes to abortion. As we
saw earlier, in some states, a pregnant minor can not only
get counseling regarding her pregnancy, but she can proceed
to have an abortion without her parents' consent, or without
their being notified, or without both. I find it rather odd
that this same minor is not old enough to vote, and yet she
is deemed wise enough to make a decision regarding abortion,
which will slaughter and terminate the life of another human
being. Surely, this is the epitome of hypocrisy and madness.

While we have been discussing the legal and political aspects
of the long fight to overturn Roe v. Wade, there is another
aspect which we have yet to examine, and that is the various
arguments which have been put forth by those people who are
intent on keeping abortion legal throughout the United States
of America. In addition to common everyday American citizens,
I'm referring to the big names and the national organizations
which have waged a relentless fight to keep the evil practice
of abortion alive. These people and organizations who condone
the slaughter of the innocent include, but are not limited to
the following:

American Civil Liberties Union
Center for Reproductive Rights
Former President William Jefferson Clinton
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Former Vice President Al Gore
Guttmacher Institute (former division of Planned Parenthood)
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Democrat of California
Naral Pro-Choice America
National Organization for Women
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
President-elect Barack Hussein Obama
Senator Barbara Boxer, Democrat of California
Senator Dianne Feinstein, Democrat of California
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democrat of New York
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy
Supreme Court Justice David Souter
Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer
Vice President-elect Joseph Biden

One has to wonder what goes through the minds of people who
so adamantly resist outlawing abortion. Well, perhaps I can
shed a little light on this issue with the following remarks.
One comment I came across while conducting research for this
series, which I found rather disturbing, was made by Doctor
Vanessa Cullins, who currently serves as vice president for
medical affairs for Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
In a statement, this woman made a remark regarding how, in
her opinion, "draconian parental notification laws endanger
the health of young women".

What Dr. Cullins is basically saying, is that we should just
trust that young teenaged girls, who are obviously already
under a lot of stress due to their situation, and who are by
law still minors, possess the wisdom and the maturity to make
such an important decision by themselves, without any input
whatsoever from their much wiser parents. As a parent myself,
I cannot possibly agree with Doctor Cullins' position, and I
must strenuously object to her misguided, biased mentality.

Now obviously, some of these minors are probably fearful that
their mistake will be discovered; and then not only will they
suffer embarrassment, but they'll have to face their parents'
disappointment and anger as well. However, I would posit that
in many cases, while the parents may not approve of what the
child has done by getting pregnant, and may even scold them,
they will also offer their child the comfort, understanding,
and support that she will need at such a time. If we are only
there for our children during the good times, and not for the
bad times, what kind of parents are we? Furthermore, a wise
parent will encourage their child to give birth to the baby,
even if she still chooses to offer it up for adoption at some
later date. Isn't this a lot better than murderous abortion
which will mercilessly slaughter an unborn, innocent child?


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