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PRO
LIFE/CHOICE POSITION
If I am personally opposed to abortion.
Should I father a child, I would oppose an
abortion.
Some politicians are using
the pro-life label to obtain votes, yet they
know that they will not be legally able to
influence this issue in their position.
Others, like Dan Lipinski, wear the
pro-life banner, yet have taken no actions
that will actually change the current legal
environment.
• The Supreme Court in
Roe v Wade has determined that abortion is a
constitutional right. I believe that the
Supreme Court should have ruled “This is a
State’s Rights issue. The Individual States
have the authority to make laws in
accordance with the direction of their
electorate”.
• Some believe that if
the Supreme Court were to get one more
conservative justice the Court would reverse
Roe v Wade. Given the historical reluctance
of the court to reverse itself on such a
major social issue, it is unlikely that it
will do so in this case.
• Eventually
a federal court will direct the government
to pay for abortions for anyone in a
government health care program regardless of
any actions by Congress because a
constitutional right supersedes federal law.
No politician in any office can prevent that
from happening.
• There is one
realistic option, I am committed to pursue
it. I will work with other members of
Congress to introduce a Constitutional
Amendment to restrict the authority of the
activist courts, and specifically the
Supreme Court, from interpreting laws in
such a manner as to transfer authority from
the States to the federal government.
• The Amendment would reinforce the
original intent of our Founding Fathers in
the 9th and 10th Amendments of the Bill of
Rights by returning the authority to make
decisions like health care, abortion, etc.
to the States.
• When the Amendment
is adopted, the citizens of each State will
have the authority to determine the State’s
position on health care, abortion and a
variety of other issues.
• The
closer such laws are to the people, the
better. It was the intent of our Founding
Fathers, it is the foundation of our
republic.
I am the only candidate
running for office who actually has a
specific plan to take that authority away
from the nine men and women in black robes
on the Supreme Court and to return to the
people of the States the right to determine
the law.
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