{"id":276355,"date":"2022-09-19T10:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T15:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=276355"},"modified":"2022-09-23T23:08:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T04:08:15","slug":"federalism-isnt-an-excuse-to-deny-the-preborn-just-and-equal-protection-under-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/federalism-isnt-an-excuse-to-deny-the-preborn-just-and-equal-protection-under-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulation of abortion at the state level denies preborn humans equal protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) revealed yet another divide in the Republican Party this week after he <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/measure-protect-humans-15-weeks-house-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proposed<\/a> a federal law to protect preborn children from abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which is the same timeframe the Supreme Court upheld when it overturned\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> in June.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far, Graham has encountered opposition from Republicans like Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) who argued the issue should be left for states to decide. This is what the majority argued in <em>Dobbs<\/em> and what Justice Kavanaugh said in his concurring opinion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abortion is not a state-level issue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part of Roe\u2019s legacy, conservatives have argued, was that it further embittered politics by removing a contentious policy issue from the democratic process. But what if the people <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">did<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> decide abortion policy but through their representatives in the federal, rather than state, government?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there\u2019s one thing staunch advocates on both sides can converge on, it\u2019s that abortion should not be a state-level issue. Babies don\u2019t become less human because they cross the border between Oklahoma and Kansas, which recently rejected a measure to protect preborn children. Likewise, women don&#8217;t become less pregnant \u2014 or lose their autonomy, according to pro-abortion activists \u2014 when crossing in the other direction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S-lQOooYAs8\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/no-right-abortion-constitution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>There is no \u2018right\u2019 to abortion in the U.S. Constitution<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is becoming more likely and, as the justices indicated, is the type of flexibility Americans may enjoy in a federal system. Earlier this month, Planned Parenthood claimed that it saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plannedparenthood.org\/blog\/new-planned-parenthood-data-shows-the-impact-of-abortion-bans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">550% spike<\/a> in visits in states neighboring Texas after it enacted its heartbeat act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s unclear how accurate that data is and pro-lifers would of course disagree with abortion proponents\u2019 notion that it shows the procedure should be more readily accessible. Regardless, figures like those expose the inadequacy of state-level legislation on an issue so fundamental as abortion. The procedure has arguably altered families and the workplace, and has had a lasting impact on women \u2013 both those who regret their abortions and those who celebrate them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is not something like education or transportation, which have traditionally been reserved for states as they are more likely to make better-tailored solutions for their residents. A one-size-fits-all approach isn\u2019t always practical because states vary in demography, economic activity, and political opinions among other things. But when it comes to the location-independent realities of pregnancy and fetal life, basic human justice demands that political or demographic variations shouldn\u2019t dictate outcomes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This appears to be what the framers of the 14th Amendment had in mind when they said: \u201cNo 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.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concept was similar after the Civil War in that they didn\u2019t believe African Americans should lose certain protections just because they crossed state lines. During its passage, states had numerous laws restricting abortion, and state abortion laws weren\u2019t even struck down for another century. And since its passage, the case for preborn humanity has only grown with scientific advancements in both understanding the reality of life and in developing methods for saving it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But somehow, American jurisprudence has twisted that amendment\u2019s meaning to protect the purported right to end a life rather than ensure its protection under the law.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Federal action<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Supreme Court has repeatedly employed language that either affirms or indicates the reality of life in the womb. For example, the Court recognized in <em>Webster v. Reproductive Health Services<\/em> that the state had a legitimate interest in protecting fetal life. <em>Casey<\/em>, which refined <em>Roe<\/em>, used the term \u201cpotential life\u201d while marking viability as a starting point for state protection. Citing <em>Casey<\/em>, <em>Gonzalez v. Carhart<\/em> similarly held that the state has an interest in protecting \u201cthe life of the fetus that may become a child.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why the Supreme Court arguably should have ruled that states must act to prevent abortion as part of their Constitutional responsibility to ensure equal protection under the law. But they didn\u2019t and now we are all apparently supposed to act as though lives lose objective value as they move from state to state. Similar confusion stems from laws that punish murderers of pregnant women as if the assailant took two lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This incoherence alone should be reason enough for Congress to determine that preborn children are persons under the law. There\u2019s a case to be made that Congress should interpret the 14th Amendment as protecting fetal personhood and pass legislation, as the amendment allows, to force state protection. The decision to abort is permanent, as once the right to life is denied, it cannot be undone and there is no recourse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if Kavanaugh\u2019s concurring opinion is correct, <em>Dobbs<\/em> did not grant states the authority to prohibit interstate travel for the purposes of abortions. Nor did it allow them to prohibit abortions if the woman\u2019s life is in danger.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any given state arguably has a duty to prevent helpless children from traveling to another state where they will meet a grisly death. That child faces a uniquely dangerous threat of coercion in which she is unable to defend herself against threats that law enforcement should protect against \u2013\u00a0 such as dismemberment and murder through crushing her skull.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eR1Ut4BPbOw\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 15-week limit on abortion that McConnell is proposing would align with historical polling that generally favors at least some prohibitions on the procedure. Even if polling had been different, though, the preborn and marginalized groups\u2019 dignity shouldn\u2019t depend on popular opinion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the same sentiment expressed by the 14th Amendment regarding racial discrimination, which is why it makes historical sense for Congress to leverage that particular provision to recognize the humanity of preborn children. The federal government should also explore whether it\u2019s necessary to include children as a protected class in federal civil rights laws.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other options seem less likely to succeed. For example, Congress could pass a pro-life Constitutional amendment but that would require a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another possibility is that Congress could interpret its authority over interstate commerce as applying to abortion. Their authority in this area is arguably more urgent than ever as corporations offer to pay interstate transportation costs and abortion pills make terminating life as easy as a phone call.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utilizing that Constitutional authority would follow wording in previous legislation and court decisions on the issue. For example, the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act (PBABA) of 2003 reads: \u201cAny physician who, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly performs a partial-birth abortion and thereby kills a human fetus shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.\u201d The Supreme Court upheld that law in 2007, although not on grounds that it fell under Congress\u2019 interstate commerce authority.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/product\/pdf\/LSB\/LSB10787#:~:text=Broader%20federal%20abortion%20laws%20may,traditional%20areas%20of%20state%20sovereignty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congressional Research Service<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Congress\u2019 interstate commerce authority includes \u2013 under certain circumstances \u2013 the ability to condition funding on state actions (e.g. stripping funding from states that don\u2019t ban alcohol purchases by individuals under the age of 21).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has also defended a pro-abortion law by arguing that \u201cfacilities buy medical and office supplies that move in interstate commerce,\u201d as well as that clinic blockades affected interstate commerce. That decision, which upheld the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994, also supported Congress\u2019 reading, noting that, \u201cCongress rationally concluded that violence, threats of force, and physical obstructions aimed at persons seeking or providing reproductive health services affect interstate commerce,\u201d\u00a0 the court said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the ruling\u2019s context indicates support just for pro-abortion measures, attorneys could combine the text with PBABA, scientific evidence, and other case law to corroborate Congress\u2019 assertion of this authority to ban abortion. Yet and still, attorneys would likely justify commercial intervention at least somewhat on the basis that abortion takes an innocent life. In that case, the U.S. would still be left with the question of why the 14th Amendment protects \u201cperson[s]\u201d but preborn lives are somehow excluded from that category.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, there\u2019s reason for the federal government \u2013 either through Congress or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) \u2013 to ban medication abortions based on threats to women\u2019s health. Unfortunately, available data have been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fda-chemical-abortion-data-new-study\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inadequate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for determining the true threat of the abortion pill, leaving the FDA with a weak justification for removing the in-person dispensing requirement. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/fda-medication-abortions-telemedicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basic medical knowledge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indicates a need for this requirement but <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortion-pill-dangers-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">studies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have also pointed to the possibility that the pill alone poses <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/study-abortion-pill-four-times-dangerous-surgical\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threats<\/a> to women\u2019s lives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each branch of the federal government can act in a variety of ways to prevent abortions. And they should. It\u2019s both the moral and logical choice given what we know about science and what the federal government has already said about the preborn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In that case, federal policymakers would essentially disregard the Supreme Court\u2019s state-based framing of the issue and inflame an already-painful sore on the back of American political life. But if any issue is worth risking socio-political turmoil, it\u2019s abortion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article has been changed since its original publication.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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