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Old 11-21-2005, 07:46 PM
Jedster Jedster is offline
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Default Re: Alito: \"abortion not a Constitutionally-protected right\"

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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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Because people disagree, the Constitution decides that one group rather than the other is right? Isn't that what we have legislatures for?

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So if a majority of people agree to do something, it's okay, no matter what it is?

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To quote Gary Coleman, "That's a very glib interpretation."

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How else could one interpret it? It seems like a very obvious case of being unconcerned with the prospects of a tyranny of the majority.
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