Abortion Topic

[Asilynne]

The text in question, for those of you playing at home:

"nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law;"

This is why we have judges, deciding what the terms "person," "life," and "due process of law" are. Interpretations of these could be (and are) all over the place.

And it's not that people don't want to have kids ever. Personally, I am excited about having kids- when I get married. Thus, at 19, I'd appreciate not getting a vasectomy.

Its kinda sad how our forefathers wrote all this shit out thinking that it was all clear and obvious probably because they couldnt imagine a world that questions when a person becomes a person or when "life" begins :< Back then things were more simple and clear cut, not like now where theres loopholes to everything and "ifs" and "buts" and "maybes" :/ I wouldnt be surprised if some bad mother killed her like 2-6 year old child and could afford a really good lawyer and built a case on how it wasnt "murder" per say, she was just having her abortion a little late. If someone could sue McDonalds because their coffee was too hot and win I wouldnt be surprised if that person won too lol *sigh* -.-()

[mr_pikachu]

Asilynne: Just a correction... the Constitution and similar early documents weren't supposed to be legislation. Their primary purpose was to provide a framework on which future legislators could build a legal system. There's a reason they were vague and open to further development.

[Heald]

Its kinda sad how our forefathers wrote all this shit out thinking that it was all clear and obvious probably because they couldnt imagine a world that questions when a person becomes a person or when "life" begins :< Back then things were more simple and clear cut, not like now where theres loopholes to everything and "ifs" and "buts" and "maybes" :/ I wouldnt be surprised if some bad mother killed her like 2-6 year old child and could afford a really good lawyer and built a case on how it wasnt "murder" per say, she was just having her abortion a little late. If someone could sue McDonalds because their coffee was too hot and win I wouldnt be surprised if that person won too lol *sigh* -.-()

Hence, why you idiots should stop holding the Constitution in such high regard and scrap it altogether. Seriously, how the hell is a 200-year old document meant to be relevant in today's society? It's impossible. Hell, most laws are outdated within 50 years time and laws are quite specific. The constitution, being the mother of all ambiguity, is completely irrelevant. The right to bear arms? Meant to stop the British oppressors and establishments like them from rising up. Third amendment? Practically irrelevant. Sixth Amendment? Not even adhered to e.g. Gitmo. 8th Amendment? USA still practices torture. I could go on. Scrap it.