who should decide if abortion is legal or illegal

[actsnoblemartin]

Your thoughts please.

[PostmodernProphet]

the fetus......

[April15]

The woman who is pregnant!

[actsnoblemartin]

Perhaps I should of put an other lol.

[82Marine89]

Marty, did you vote for the judges?

[5stringJeff]

For a long time I thought we should overturn Roe v. Wade and have states decide. However, this really runs contrary to the reason why I am against abortion: it's murder. The Declaration of Independence states that life is the first of our "Unalienable Rights." Federal law makes it illegal to kill humans after they are born; it ought to do the same for humans before they are born.

[musicman]

Judges decide
Individual State legislatures
National citizens of the u.s.a. vote
Each states citizens vote for their state only
Federal Government votes

I'm not quite sure how to vote; don't options #2 and #4 - in practical application - kind of constitute duplication of effort? To look at it that way, so do #3 and #5, for that matter. In any case, it comes down to a basic question of whose call it is - central government's, or the people's. The Constitution is quite clear on the matter:

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved for the States respectively, or to the people.

For a long time I thought we should overturn Roe v. Wade and have states decide. However, this really runs contrary to the reason why I am against abortion: it's murder. The Declaration of Independence states that life is the first of our "Unalienable Rights." Federal law makes it illegal to kill humans after they are born; it ought to do the same for humans before they are born.

I am in 100% agreement with you, Jeff, and - in a nation where reason prevailed - that's the tack I would take. Unfortunately, things are otherwise, as we see. But, while our founding fathers could scarcely have foreseen the wholesale slaughter of unborn innocents, under the protection of the federal government, they were always one jump ahead of tyranny. Roe vs. Wade flies in the face of the clear, unambiguous language of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution. It is atrocious law, and must be overturned on that basis.

That is why I consider George Bush and his elitist puppetmasters such a gang of maggots - they have endangered this process. May the wails of the innocent haunt their dreams, all the rest of their lives.

[bullypulpit]

None of the above. It's a medical decision between a woman and her physician.

[avatar4321]

None of the above. It's a medical decision between a woman and her physician.

a woman and her assasin... sighs

[shattered]

None of the above. It's a medical decision between a woman and her physician.

Really? What about the father?

[avatar4321]

Really? What about the father?

he doesnt count. Its not like he did anything to get her pregnant. The doctor did...

[shattered]

he doesnt count. Its not like he did anything to get her pregnant. The doctor did...

How I could miss such a glaringly obvious point, is completely beyond me. I'm SO sorry, Bully.

Thanks for pointing out the error of my ways, Avatar.

[jimnyc]

The woman who is pregnant!

None of the above. It's a medical decision between a woman and her physician.

Then the woman and/or the doctor, or both, should be fully responsible for child support.

[shattered]

Then the woman and/or the doctor, or both, should be fully responsible for child support.

If the guy isn't even given a choice in the matter, much less entitled to an opinion, you're 100% right. It takes two - the decision should be made by BOTH.

[Gunny]

Then the woman and/or the doctor, or both, should be fully responsible for child support.

I agree.