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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
It tells me that his stance on abortion is the major issue for them.
If you are so concerned with finding the truth and not demonizing others then surely you can realize that the Supreme court has no authority to make laws. There was nothing in the Constitution concerning abortion, therefore it should have been a states right to decide.
The decision in Roe V Wade was unconstitutional. That is the underlying cause of all this ugly division.
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Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113 (1972) was concerned with the constitutionality of state criminal abortion statutes under the 14th Amendment's concept of personal liberty and restrictions on state action and the 9th Amendment's reservation of rights to the people. In the opinion of the Court:
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It is thus apparent that, at common law, at the time of the adoption of our Constitution, and throughout the major portion of the 19th century, abortion was viewed with less disfavor than under most American statutes currently in effect. Phrasing it another way, a woman enjoyed a substantially broader right to terminate a pregnancy than she does in most States today. At least with respect to the early stage of pregnancy, and very possibly without such a limitation, the opportunity to make this choice was present in this country well into the 19th century. Even later, the law continued for some time to treat less punitively an abortion procured in early pregnancy.
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So, the Supreme Court didn't make any laws, and the opinion of the Court was constitutional.