
Originally Posted by
MToolen
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.