That's true, and if there was a general right to medical privacy that they claimed existed in the constitution, then it would apply to many things other than abortion. Everyone correctly pointed out and that vaccine passports and like would have been absurdly illegal, but also the entire medical arm of the FDA would be illegal. The ramifications of such a right existing would be massive, and honestly in some ways maybe positive.
But the thing is, later court case is established that there is a right to medical privacy only for abortions somehow. And not just that, but it is a right that is not enumerated but is supposed to be more heavily protected than every enumerated right. The way that it was protected under roe, it was more protected than speech. It was more protected than the right to bear arms. Could you imagine if the second amendment gave you an explicit right to kill innocent helpless people with your gun?
And as is the case with politicians in america, in spite of over the past 50 years having moments where they had the presidency, the judiciary, the congress, and supermajority in the Senate, at no point that they consider codifying most of the things that were pushed through the courts as actual laws. They just took the arbitrary court decision and declared victory.
But the thing is, later court case is established that there is a right to medical privacy only for abortions somehow. And not just that, but it is a right that is not enumerated but is supposed to be more heavily protected than every enumerated right. The way that it was protected under roe, it was more protected than speech. It was more protected than the right to bear arms. Could you imagine if the second amendment gave you an explicit right to kill innocent helpless people with your gun?
And as is the case with politicians in america, in spite of over the past 50 years having moments where they had the presidency, the judiciary, the congress, and supermajority in the Senate, at no point that they consider codifying most of the things that were pushed through the courts as actual laws. They just took the arbitrary court decision and declared victory.
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