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Re: A rather peculiar letter.

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From: e elizabeth bartley
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 17:55
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In article <1992Apr14.180028.21751@intelhf.hf.intel.com>
hutch@hutch (Stephen Hutchison) writes:
>In article <1992Apr10.185433.14853@midway.uchicago.edu>
>eeb1@midway.uchicago.edu writes:

>>I'm in favor of a woman having the ability to choose abortion, against
>>the idea that this is mandated by the Constitution.

>Mandated, no, but guaranteed, yes.

IMO, absolutely not.

>According to the bill of rights, its enumeration of guaranteed rights
>does not and cannot be seen as precluding or limiting in any way any other
>non-enumerated rights.  These are reserved to the states and to the people.

The protection for non-enumerated rights was meant to Constitutionally
protect rights that were guaranteed by other sources besides the
Constitution (notably English Common Law and State Constitutions),
*not* to let the Supreme Court decide that x is a right.

--
"Duty is what one expects from others."                    - Oscar Wilde

Pro-Choice       Anti-Roe                             - E. Elizabeth Bartley
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From: eeb1@ellis.uchicago.edu (e elizabeth bartley)
Subject: Re: A rather peculiar letter.
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