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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: March 01, 2010, 01:16:06 PM »

Why ? Huh
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2010, 04:16:46 PM »
Quote from: SoFA Franzl on March 01, 2010, 02:40:43 PM

I think applying the 14th amendment to abortion is quite a big stretch.....and not really what the Constitution was intended to mean.

It may be the "right" decision policy wise, but I personally don't accept the legal reasoning.

The 14th Amendment deals with racial equality, right ? If we extend equality to sex, it can make sense IMO. Isn't forbidding abortion a discrimination toward women in some way ?
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2010, 04:39:22 PM »
Quote from: SoFA Franzl on March 01, 2010, 04:35:10 PM
Quote from: Antonio V on March 01, 2010, 04:16:46 PM
Quote from: SoFA Franzl on March 01, 2010, 02:40:43 PM

I think applying the 14th amendment to abortion is quite a big stretch.....and not really what the Constitution was intended to mean.

It may be the "right" decision policy wise, but I personally don't accept the legal reasoning.

The 14th Amendment deals with racial equality, right ? If we extend equality to sex, it can make sense IMO. Isn't forbidding abortion a discrimination toward women in some way ?

I would say no, personally. Men aren't biologically capable of becoming pregnant. That inequality comes from nature.

You can just as easily say abortions are illegal for all people.....how would that violate equal protection?

It's debatable. Who says that the only unequalities we should fight against are unnatural ones ? For example, the inequality between a handicapped man and one who isn't is natural, but we still try to correct it by building appropriate infrastructures and  punishing employment discriminations.
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Antonio the Sixth
Antonio V
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« Reply #3 on: March 01, 2010, 05:08:02 PM »
Well, I understand yours too. It's all a question of points of view.

But since the result is a neat gain in freedom, I'm not gonna complain for that. Wink
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