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You can't deny women their full Constitutional rights.

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The Declaration says that God gives all people the unalienable rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. The Constitution says that people have the right to privacy in their papers and person and the right to make personal decisions about their lives. In fact securing the blessings of liberty is emphasized in the Preamble.

Anti-abortion advocates say their God (which is apparently not the same God as the God of the Founders) gave the fetus a right to life and for reasons known only to their God that cancels women's rights. It's time to tell them they are wrong. You can't deny unalienable rights, even if you pack the Supreme Court.
 
The Declaration says that God gives all people the unalienable rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.
Define liberty. Actually — let the person who wrote that define liberty. Bet the view was different back then.

Women have a right not to have sex.
 
Define liberty. Actually — let the person who wrote that define liberty. Bet the view was different back then.

Women have a right not to have sex.

If we are going to use the standards of the time, then no they don't. Marital rape didn't become a prosecutable crime in America until the mid-20th century. Legally a woman had no right to not have sex when liberty was defined.
 
Define liberty. Actually — let the person who wrote that define liberty. Bet the view was different back then.

Women have a right not to have sex.
I'll bet it was too I'm sure the founders didn't envision machine guns or airplanes and women had no rights. They had the right to get married and do what their husbands told them to do. All men are created equal unless you're a woman or a minority, then no dice, does not apply.
 
Who has said that we don't?
The amount of abortions, about 900 000 in US last year, hints that some don't take advantage of that right.

Also, it could be taught better to young girls since the society makes them as though all about sex. They might know it in theory, but in practice, not so much.
 
Define liberty. Actually — let the person who wrote that define liberty. Bet the view was different back then.
Liberty is:
A. freedom from all government (Libertarian)
B. freedom from government except when it's needed to subdue annoying people.(conservative)
C. God letting you into heaven and keeping out the trash (Religious Right).
D. a government that provides justice, domestic tranquility, defense of the country, welfare of the people and the freedom to read, write, think, say, believe, associate with, teach your children, choose the careers, partners, homes, churches and education that define who you are, unlike many European countries where the state controlled reading, writing, speaking, religious beliefs, property, wealth, learning, status, careers, and often, thought. American liberty is the right of each person to decide for themselves who they are as a person.
E. None of the above
 
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If we are going to use the standards of the time, then no they don't. Marital rape didn't become a prosecutable crime in America until the mid-20th century. Legally a woman had no right to not have sex when liberty was defined.

Don't thing for one second that that's not what the originalists want.
 
The Declaration says that God gives all people the unalienable rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. The Constitution says that people have the right to privacy in their papers and person and the right to make personal decisions about their lives. In fact securing the blessings of liberty is emphasized in the Preamble.

Anti-abortion advocates say their God (which is apparently not the same God as the God of the Founders) gave the fetus a right to life and for reasons known only to their God that cancels women's rights. It's time to tell them they are wrong. You can't deny unalienable rights, even if you pack the Supreme Court.

Good luck with that thinking you have some right that the government doesn't permit.
 
Don't thing for one second that that's not what the originalists want.

There’s a poster on this very forum who believes ”there is no such thing as marital rape”.
 
Who has said that we don't?
Well, there is at least one Con here that believe when married the woman does not have the right to say no. Go down below on the site if you want to know who that is.
 
The Declaration says that God gives all people the unalienable rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness. The Constitution says that people have the right to privacy in their papers and person and the right to make personal decisions about their lives. In fact securing the blessings of liberty is emphasized in the Preamble.

Anti-abortion advocates say their God (which is apparently not the same God as the God of the Founders) gave the fetus a right to life and for reasons known only to their God that cancels women's rights. It's time to tell them they are wrong. You can't deny unalienable rights, even if you pack the Supreme Court.
We are a Nation of Laws, not Men nor Gods.
Roe v Wade will NOT be overturned by any Constitutional means.
 
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