Re: Alito: \"abortion not a Constitutionally-protected right\"
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Obviously, I can't change your mind about your views, but given that there is a debate, and that the only way the fetus can survive is inside the woman's body, the state is not does not have the right to force a woman to carry the fetus.
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I used this same argument in a previous thread about abortion where I was arguing against allowing abortion for rape/incest victims. It was that as I already consider a fetus a person, I believe that the woman carrying it is put in a position where she has no right to harm that fetus and that doing so is akin to murder, which the state has an interest in preventing.
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Question for you: do you believe that the fetus has a constitutional right to be protected from the woman, and if not, why not?
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I think we all (even fetuses) have the right to not be unjustly killed. I think this is a natural right that is not enumerated in the constitution, but would fall under the 9th amendment (as well as a reason why the Federalists believed a BoR would be a bad idea).
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