The Republicans want to ban abortion. This is from a draft of the proposal posted on Yahoo! News “The Ticket”.

“..the GOP will voice its support for a “human life amendment” to the Constitution.

“Faithful to the ‘self-evident’ truths enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, we assert the sanctity of human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed,” the draft platform states. “We support a human life amendment to the Constitution and endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children.”

This is Section 1 of the 14th Amendment – I’ve bolded for emphasis: All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

The amendment makes clear BORN or NATURALIZED – therefore it is not “self evident” that this would apply to the unborn. In fact unborn is the direct opposite of born. Furthermore, Stand Your Ground and Stop & Frisk DIRECTLY go against your 14th amendment rights. However, most people who come across these tactics cannot afford a lawyer that has enough care/time to fight their case based on this constitutional infringement of rights.

Just wanted to point this out there… notjustmythoughts