Columbia Law School recently did a survey of Americans on the constitution, and one of the results was very interesting. Of the five true/false questions, three were answered correctly by a majority of the respondents, and one correctly by a plurality. The fifth question, however, was incorrectly answered by 57% of the respondents, and a further 11% were unsure of the answer. The question?
If the Supreme Court were to overrule Roe v. Wade, abortion would be illegal throughout the United States.
(If you are unsure, the answer to this statement is false.)
NARAL and NOW have done an excellent job of demogoguing this issue, since a majority believe that Roe v. Wade is the only thing separating us from coat hangers in the alley. The only thing that this decision has accomplished is to federalize yet another issue that should by covered under the tenth amendment (the forgotten amendment in the bill of rights), or perhaps under the ninth amendment (the other forgotten amendment).
(Link courtesy of Magically|Delicious.)
posted on July 09, 2002 05:00 AM
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