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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]States Rights is part of the Constitution, abortion isnt.[/quote]
Go read the Ninth Amendment. You know, the one right before the Tenth one with the “States Rights” in it.[/quote]

Correct. It’s just so obvious here. What power does the state have to criminalize abortion? Where does the constitution give the government that power?

Explain it to me because that is the question.  And I don’t think there is a legitimate state interest in denying pregnant women access to medical care that, if denied, would increase their chances of harm.[/quote]

They're argument is that the State has the inherent power to control everything not specifically excluded.  It flips the entire principle of our democracy upside down.  Under their interpretation of the Constitution power flows down instead of up.  Rights are not inherent to individuals but rather courtesies given to the people by the government.[/quote]

That is insane.

WTAF?

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It’s in the Constitution. Per the Tenth Amendment: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”[/quote].

Now read the 14th. [/quote]

I’m aware of the 14th thanks. I was responding to PPs who didn’t understand that the constitution gives powers not specifically excluded to the states. Subject to the other provisions of the constitution of course, and therein lies the issue. [/quote]

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