We have constititutional rights for the right to LIFE, LIBERTY, and the PERSUIT OF HAPPINESS. This includes unborn babies
2007-06-20 12:02:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yup. Exactly. Since life begins at the moment of conception, those rights begin at that very moment. (by the way, though, it's spelled pursuit)
2007-06-20 12:05:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 11⤋
Does the right to the pursuit of happiness allow someone to take life? If a baby in the mother's womb is a living organism, which is residing in a protective environment, then is not its premature removal an act of violence which ends its life, and ends its pursuit of happiness. Many babies have been born very prematurely and have survived, yet at an age when they could have been legally aborted.
A child that is born prematurely is entitled to the right to life, so should not babies who have not yet appeared (but are capable of surviving) be given the same rights?
A further question arises. The right to the pursuit of happiness, does not mean that one has the right to BE happy. Does an unwanted pregnancy, (resulting as it may perhaps do, from the pursuit of happiness) automatically give the right to overturn the unhappiness by the use of abortion? That would suggest that one has the right to pursue happiness at all costs, in order to somehow ensure that happiness will result.
2007-06-20 19:40:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The U.S. Constitution protects the rights of American citizens. To become a citizen, you must be born in the United States or naturalized. Unborn babies (by every possible definition) are neither.
No, nobody has constitutional rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". That phrase is found in the Declaration of Independence, which is a completely separate document written with different intentions than establishing a government.
Swing and a miss...
2007-06-20 19:13:53 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
The people who have rights are the women who can't be expected to accept the consequences of their own actions, just too darn hard to take a pill you know, much easier to kill a baby instead of giving it up for adoption or anything, cause hey, that would be inconvenient. So apparently, the convenience of irresponsible people is way more important than a life in this country. We have the morning after pill for rape victims, but abortionists still use rape as an excuse for abortion, when the majority of abortions are simply to make life easier for selfish women who simply can't be bothered.
2007-06-20 19:12:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Everybody is entitled to their own opinions. However, this world is already over-populated, and abortion is essential for some people. For example is it really right for a 12 year old to have a baby? Or someone mentally disabled who has been the victim of sexual abuse and has fallen pregnant? Abortion should in no way be used as a form of birth control I admit. But it should be the womans choice whether she brings another child into the world or not. There are already too many unwanted children in this world.
2007-06-20 19:07:01 · answer #5 · answered by arwen_1984 3 · 6⤊ 3⤋
I would posit whether the right to a "pursuit of happiness" ought to supersede the right to "life and liberty". Whose rights supersede whose? That's why it's such a big debate.
2007-06-20 19:07:16 · answer #6 · answered by ಠ__ಠ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What if It's at the cost of the mother's Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of happiness? To not get an abortion?
2007-06-20 19:04:31 · answer #7 · answered by Skeptic123 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋
An unborn child is not protected by the Constitution. That is a fact of law, and it has been affirmed in the Supreme Court.
2007-06-20 19:06:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 8⤊ 1⤋
Um, have you read the Constitution?
It would answer that question for you.
Hint: it doesn't mention "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
2007-06-20 19:12:25 · answer #9 · answered by igglydooble 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You say it includes "unborn babies" Where in the declaration of independence is that addendum?
2007-06-20 19:10:24 · answer #10 · answered by t_rex_is_mad 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, it doesn't.
And abortion is not murder, either.
If the antiabortionists had a leg to stand on, they certainly wouldn't have to lie every time they open their mouths, would they? You people impeach yourselves.
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Jay (below), you're wrong. "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is not in the Constitution. You should have checked before "correcting" us, since you're wrong.
Go ahead, look it up (as you should have done in the first place).
2007-06-20 19:08:39 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 3⤋