Liberty and Justice for All!

Fred Thompson has come out with his view on abortion and it is one that will bother both sides. He doesn’t support a national ban preventing abortion, which will push the extremists in the pro-life wing of the Republican party. He also believes that it shouldn’t be a federal issue, which would upset those who vote pro-choice. If you alienate both the pro-life and pro-choice sides of the abortion argument, I find it hard to believe that you could win the White House.

Of course, Matt Lewis (on town hall) asked a very silly question.

Furthermore, if one believes life begins at conception, as Thompson says he now does, then he also believes abortion is murder.  Why wouldn’t the 14th Amendment then apply to the unborn?

The fourteenth amendment states:

Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. (emphasis mine)

Clearly the 14th amendment does not apply to the unborn. The unborn are not born (duh), are not naturalized, and do not meet the legal definition of “person”.  If the unborn where legal “people” they would have social security numbers or some other form of identification that could be placed on them, and you would be able to write off your embryos on your taxes.