http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=25 The BrianFrantz.com Weblog Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:52:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-29 bfrantz Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:58:23 +0000 http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=25#comment-29 Actually, I said "effectively" overturn it. You're right that it won't actually reverse the Supreme Court ruling, but if a law is passed defining life as beginning at conception, that makes abortion legally the same as murder, and therefore the states will have to recognize the practice as illegal, at least in the vast majority of cases. It would leave prosecution up to the states, however, as it should (it's up to the states to prosecute all non-federal crimes such as murder, theft, etc.). Actually, I said “effectively” overturn it. You’re right that it won’t actually reverse the Supreme Court ruling, but if a law is passed defining life as beginning at conception, that makes abortion legally the same as murder, and therefore the states will have to recognize the practice as illegal, at least in the vast majority of cases. It would leave prosecution up to the states, however, as it should (it’s up to the states to prosecute all non-federal crimes such as murder, theft, etc.).

]]> http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=25&cpage=1#comment-28 norman Sat, 09 Feb 2008 03:42:10 +0000 http://piqued.brianfrantz.com/?p=25#comment-28 A Sanctity of Life Act would not overturn Roe v. Wade. Who told you such a lie? Only the Supreme Court or a constitutional amendment can achieve such. A Sanctity of Life Act would not overturn Roe v. Wade. Who told you such a lie? Only the Supreme Court or a constitutional amendment can achieve such.

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