Posted by
Billy on Monday, January 24, 2011 8:56:26 PM
In 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery, rendering the
three-fifths clause moot, but some House members wanted to read the original
article to counter the argument of "original intent" with their own argument
that the Constitution is a "living document," which must be regularly updated
and interpreted by modern judges.
As horrid as slavery was, at least slaves were seen
by some as possessing a percentage of "personhood," which is more than can be
said for the unborn. National Right to Life calculates
that, since 1973, nearly 50 million fetuses have been denied their unalienable
right to live, thanks to a single Supreme Court decision that withdrew their
protection as persons, subjecting them to the foulest kind of child abuse.
On January 22, the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, think of it this way: 50
million branches of family trees cut off; 50 million regrets over what might
have been; 50 million babies who could have brought joy out of sadness and a
future that might have contributed substantially to the human race, snuffed out
at the beginning of their lives.
It is precisely because the 7-2 Supreme Court majority vote in 1973 read
something into the Constitution that isn't there, to wit, that a "right to
privacy" means the right to kill an unborn child -- even when it is capable of
living outside the womb -- that Congress must restore the original intent of the
Framers, which includes the "endowed by their Creator" clause in the Declaration
of Independence. The Constitution cannot be separated from the Declaration, its
philosophical and moral foundation.
(Billy's Thoughts>>>> The above is part of a column written by Cal
Thomas. If you like read the whole column Thirty-Eight
Years and 50 Million.)