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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will be voting for all Republicans because unlike some of you, I am hoping for a strict abortion ban.  And yes, I'm a woman and parent to a female 20 year old college junior.  Some of us think abortion is murder and vote accordingly.  [/quote]

But you probably believe in a higher power, which makes you insane.  It is a bummer you are allowed to vote.[/quote]

NP — I know you prefer autocracy but it’s actually a good  thing we have a democracy so both of you can vote as you please.  [/quote]

DP. I’m ok if the PP votes. I’m not ok if PP pushes her religious beliefs on everyone else and takes away my rights. 
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Well, that is exactly the kind of decision voters get to choose whether we agree or not. We decide what rights we have unless you’re religious and believe they are God given.[/quote]

In other words, do people believe they have a God given right to abortion or do they believe these rights come from us through our democratic republic? [/quote]

No one has the “right” to take away other people’s personal liberty. [/quote]

By what authority? We should be able to plunder and steal at will. We should be able to do as each of us please, right? No. It is up to the people to decide — again, unless you are religious, then you believe that you have a God given right to xyz.  [/quote]

The Constitution:

[i]We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed, by their Creator, with certain [u]unalienable[/u] rights, that among these are [u]life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.[/u][/i]

They aren’t up for discussion. 
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Which enshirined rights given by the Creator. If you don’t believe in a Creator, then who did we get the rights from?  The Constitution is a document created by humans. We the people decide what and what it contains, and how we interpret it. And we interpret it by the people we elect to do xyz. Our rights are determined by the voters and how they change the laws. Your rights are malleable.[/quote]

We the people gave power to our representatives to ratify the constitution, which clearly states that those particular rights are inalienable. They can’t be voted away. 
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The constitution is amendable. PEOPLE have to be willing to uphold it for it to work. Our rights ultimately come from the people not a piece of parchment.[/quote]

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