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Question: Are there are any unenumerated rights protected by the Constitution?
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Yes, there are many
 
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John Dibble
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« on: July 14, 2005, 08:21:40 AM »

Can you provide us some context?

Amendment IX. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

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John Dibble
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2005, 09:29:00 AM »

So that argument just changes to "women have the right to abortion anyways, and the 9th makes sure it can't be taken away from them".
Rights do not exist simply because you or I say they do. There must be some reason, some logic, some constitutional, legal, or historical basis for arguing that the right does exist. A mere statement that it exists is insufficient.

Quite right, because you could also say "a fetus has the right to life, and the 9th makes sure it can't be taken away from them so abortion is unconstitutional and can't be allowed". You could come up with any number of contradicting rights if you used that kind of logic with the 9th.
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