25 Jun 2022 5:06 pm
Cannonpointer » 25 Jun 2022, 4:52 pm » wrote: ↑ The right of the people to be secure in their PERSONS, papers, houses and effects shall not be infringed. I'd say abortion cn be inferred in tht, without too much of a pretzling.
The fact is, we have a right to do ANYTHING which the government is not explicitly empowered to prohibit - and abortion is not even MENTIONED in the Constitution, so - no prohibition there.
No, they are specific to limiting the state.
Even non-criminals have rights.
this is a good argument for the Roe v Wade decision. However, I believe that state constitutions should trump the US constitution when they are in conflict. Of course they don’t, and that is why I am glad Roe v Wade was struck down .
from a purely constitutional law pov, you are correct. Roe v Wade was justified by the wording of the 4th.