Wednesday, June 02, 2004
What Would James Madison Say?
My friend Greg says on his blog that the idea that the authors of our constitution intended to prevent partial-birth abortion is absurd. You must be truly educated to believe something so stupid.
I would largely agree. Obviously, the writers of the Constitution would be horrified that people would even want to kill their babies right before they were born. But I think the larger point is this: partial-birth abortion should be handled within the realm of legislation. That is what the Founding Fathers had in mind. Judicial branches should not be more powerful than the legislative and executive branches. If they saw what was happening now, they probably wouldn't put an amendment regarding abortion in the Constitution. They would further restrict the judiciary.
My friend Greg says on his blog that the idea that the authors of our constitution intended to prevent partial-birth abortion is absurd. You must be truly educated to believe something so stupid.
I would largely agree. Obviously, the writers of the Constitution would be horrified that people would even want to kill their babies right before they were born. But I think the larger point is this: partial-birth abortion should be handled within the realm of legislation. That is what the Founding Fathers had in mind. Judicial branches should not be more powerful than the legislative and executive branches. If they saw what was happening now, they probably wouldn't put an amendment regarding abortion in the Constitution. They would further restrict the judiciary.
