tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post113711804922990495..comments2023-10-06T07:28:21.803-04:00Comments on Cuban-American Pundits: Essays from a Cuban-American Perspective: Settled Law?Val Prietohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15857729823069869008noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1137450354769271442006-01-16T17:25:00.000-05:002006-01-16T17:25:00.000-05:00Oh, and you are right, the Democrats have become w...Oh, and you are right, the Democrats have become way too focused on that narrow issue. Let it go, and concentrate on formulating a policy most Americans can get behind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1137450037827513672006-01-16T17:20:00.000-05:002006-01-16T17:20:00.000-05:00Yes, we agree. Roe is far from "settled law". I to...Yes, we agree. Roe is far from "settled law". I tought that was a poor choice of words by Roberts, probably to avoid being grilled on the subject. The constitutional argument is tenuous. I personally like the idea of a right to privacy and to decide over one's own body, be it abortion, refusal to receive treatment, physician assited suicide, etc, but it's hard to argue it is expressed on the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1137428802585494562006-01-16T11:26:00.000-05:002006-01-16T11:26:00.000-05:00Clearly I don't want abortion rights in the consti...Clearly I don't want abortion rights in the constitution. But if you want something in the constitution the best way to get that done is to actually put it in the constitution. Liberals haven't attempted this because they know they could never win. A majority of Americans have at least some ethical concerns with the practice of abortion. And I think a 5-4 decision is valid. But that doesn't Henry Louis Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03167391252653145914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12359982.post-1137370136465867832006-01-15T19:08:00.000-05:002006-01-15T19:08:00.000-05:00Seems to me you are the one who wants liberals to ...Seems to me you are the one who wants liberals to "forever lock" into the Constitution the right to abortion. You just said it's your advice to them. The liberal point of view is <B> the right to abortion is already there, as part of the right to privacy over your body</B>. Roe v. Wade just interpreted it that way. I've never seen any mainstream liberal leader or group argue for an amendment in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com