Obamacare has taken a hit on the issue of forcing abortions (first by
mandatory funding) and the unborn are being defined as Constitutionally
protected. We the People need to follow through and demand legislation
like Washington State HB 1259
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1259&year=2013).
Let's write to Congress! (www.congress.org or contactingthecongress.org)
www.letswritetocongress.blogspot.com
Dear Representative:
The
decision in Roe vs. Wade, which permitted abortion, was
founded on the reluctance to legally identify the unborn as persons
(children) protected by the Constitution of the United States. The decision never
declared the unborn
were not persons, merely that the mother's preferences for her own body
outweighed the claim to life of her legally-undefined unborn child ("fetus").
The decision framed the "choice" of pregnancy to be made after becoming
pregnant instead of at the time of choosing to have sex, pregnancy
being a foreseeable consequence. The decision does not comprehensively
control the legal rights of the unborn, and many criminal and civil laws
and cases have prosecuted and compensated for the death of an unborn
child. The decision has only been largely unchallenged as to
abortion.
Recently, a decision by the Supreme Court of Alabama, Ankrom v. State, has
ruled that the unborn are legally considered persons under the
Constitution of the United States from the moment of conception. This
case confirmed the criminal prosecution of a woman who chemically abused
her unborn child, causing the child's death from Meth overdose shortly
after birth. The woman contested the criminal prosecution under
Alabama's chemical endangerment statute because the abuse took place
before birth. Yet, if another person had caused (e.g., drugged her
against her will) the child to be born overdosing and subsequently die,
there would have been no question as to legal culpability. The
question of culpability in the case was only residue from the indecision
of Roe vs. Wade regarding the legal status of the
unborn.
Because of the Ankrom v. State case, the door
has now been opened, indeed definitively decided in Alabama, as to the
legal
definition of the unborn as persons protected by the Constitution.
Precedent has now been set in the
courts specifically defining the unborn as persons. Now is the time to
also introduce legislation and amendments to the state and federal
Constitutions declaring the unborn to be under the protective
jurisdiction of the Constitution of the United States. Washington State
House Bill 1259
(http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=1259&year=2013)
declares the right to life begins at conception. I am ardently
asking you to make HB 1259/similar Bills into law. Thank you!
