The US Constitution…
It is the oldest written national constitution in use that dates back to 1789. There have been more than 11,000 amendments proposed to our constitution. However, an amendment has to be proposed to legislature and ratified in order to become official and operative. We currently have twenty-seven amendments ratified in our US Constitution. Abortion is not one of them and it never has been despite what others may say by reading in between the lines.
The fifty-five delegates known as the Framers…
Not only contributed to and shaped our constitution but they also included a provision whereby the document may be amended. In order to have an amendment ratified or amended it must be proposed by a two-thirds vote by both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of states request one, by convention called for the purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the state legislature, or three-fourths of convention called in each state for ratification. Since 1789 the US constitution has been amended 27 times.
On January 22, 1973…
The Supreme Court announced a 7-2 decision deciding that women have a fundamental right to choose whether or not to end their unborn child’s life. They said that a woman’s constitutional right to privacy was being violated if denied their right to choose to keep or to terminate their growing baby. The Supreme Court went on to say that the constitution generally protects a woman’s liberty to choose before the baby reaches capability of meaningful life outside of the womb. From that point on women and men were led to believe that by the Supreme Court passing Roe vs. Wade they now somehow had a constitutional right to an abortion(s) no matter the reason. Consider this, the legislature branch of our government is the branch that makes our laws not the Supreme Court.
In the fifty years that Roe vs. Wade has stood…
No one has proposed to legislature an actual amendment or clause that would ratify the right to an abortion in our US constitution before it was overturned. Instead it was told, from our understanding, that the fourteenth amendment, section one that reads, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” We are taught that an unborn child is not a person, as long as one resides inside of a womb they are not a citizen, a baby or even worth protecting under the fourteenth amendment. We are told that women have the right to personal privacy that’s protected by the Due Process clause and that’s what includes the right to terminate a child. Let me stop for a second and answer a question as to why so many people care about the babies dying by abortion. It’s because people are using the same amendment that is suppose to protect life, “…nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty…” and literally using it to deprive someone else of their life and liberty. If no one stands up for those that can’t defend themselves then we are a species headed for extinction by our own hand.
As a Woman…
I am all for deciding and picking the right time to bear a child. I told my boy-friend at the time, now my husband, that I wanted to have my college degree, be over 25 years old and married before we have children. He supported me one-hundred percent. There is a huge difference between a woman deciding for herself when she wants to bear a child versus her husband, a man, telling her when to bear him a son; to where we have fallen as a society today. Abortion has gone from rare to normalized healthcare. From times of rape or incest, to using it as a form of birth control all because one lives in poverty, or whatever the reason is given.
It all comes down to terminology and what or when a person is. Do you remember the question if it can’t be seen or heard does it really exist? If you have ever listened to a Sonogram or have seen an Ultrasound then you know right then and there that it’s a person, a baby, not your body. You notice that it’s a separate entity, a miracle in the making, and perhaps someone who goes on to win a Nobel Peace prize for doing something remarkable. One could argue that “it” can’t sustain life without you or your body but that’s also true to those “allowed” to be born. Whether inside or outside of the womb a baby is dependent on it’s mother.
Have you ever Googled failed abortions?
The stories from those that survived an abortion, or what some may call an attempt of murder by their own mother is heart-breaking. Especially for those that would have had a normal healthy life but instead have to deal with the complications due to the botched abortion. For example, a woman wasn’t ready to become a mother yet, she wasn’t financially stable, and didn’t have the means to raise a child. She decided to get an abortion but it failed and she had to carry her baby to full term. She learned that because of her failed abortion attempt there were complications for the baby. She would never walk and there may be other problems or disabilities later in life. The woman proceeded to put her child up for adoption. Luckily for the baby she was adopted by a very loving family who cared for her and taught her how to live a fun life despite her set backs in life. Now consider if the biological mother would have put her baby up for adoption to begin with and how her life would have been so much different.
Those who paid attention…
We know that the Supreme Court doesn’t have the power to make laws. It’s actually surprising that it took fifty years before it was overturned. The point of having a constitution and three branches of government is to create a government with enough power to act on a national level, but without to much power that individuals feel at risk of losing their fundamental rights; like the right to live. One way of accomplishing this was by separating the power of government into three branches and then to include checks and balances on those powers to assure that no one branch of government gained supremacy. The powers of each branch are mentioned in the constitution and what powers are not assigned to them are given to the states.
On June 24, 2022…
The Supreme Court did just that by overturning Roe vs. Wade they gave the power, regarding abortions, back to the states. Did you notice how each state was prepared and had laws ready to be put into place if and when the decision was overturned? They knew that it was only a matter of time before the power would come back to them and they were ready. Did you notice who wasn’t ready for it? Even with a decision leak more than a month prior to the announcement they were still not ready for the truth.
Thank you for taking the time to read “Abortion: The Right that Never Existed”.
– AJR
