Posted by
David Smith on Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:08:30 PM
If any of you from youtube make it over here, welcome! If anybody here sees this, check out this video:
Those of you who are Disciples of Paul will find that he and I sound eerily similar because we both hold to the Doctrine of States' Rights as listed in the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Here are a few explanations of Dr. Paul's comments on the issue of abortion.
First, Dr. Paul mentions that he wants States to control the issue of abortion. This is, in fact, the constitutionally correct stance on many issues currently regulated by the Federal Government, including abortion. The 10th Amendment is still in effect, thus matters not included in the Constitution are explicitly left to the States. And if you're educated enough to debate the matter of explicitly vs implicitly with me then please, by all means, reply below.
Abortion is not in the Constitution, therefore it is supposed to be left to the States. Dr. Paul mentions that if he harms your baby, he can be sued. This is under State Law, as it should be. Technically speaking, the Federal Government is wrong for passing a law pertaining to Partial Birth Abortion. This, too, should be left to the States completely, just like the broader issue of abortion itself. State Law pertaining to medical practice comes into play under Dr. Paul's statement. As do criminal law and a whole slew of other State Laws, but the key is that we are now talking about State Law. Each State decides for itself.
Prior to Roe v. Wade (1973), abortion was a matter of State Law as well, and rightly so. Now, Dr. Paul mentioned that prior to Roe he saw abortions in rare cases being performed. Roe was a Dallas Federal case, so being a doctor of OB/GYN at the time in Texas, Dr. Paul would have had experience relating to this issue that no other Presidential candidate--on either side of the aisle!--can relate to! When the man says that he wants the States in control of this issue, he is absolutely correct.
I hate to come across as a die-hard supporter of Ron Paul's, because I am not. I did notice, however, as early as the first Republican debate earlier this year, that his positions are strikingly similar to my own. Please believe me when I state that I developed my positions independently of my knowledge of Dr. Paul. I am working on a book on the topic of States' Rights and abortion plays a very big part of this text. And when the book is published, it will line out my personal journey through researching related matters and show that indeed I arrived at my positions separately of any influence from any politician or legal mind today.
In support of Dr. Paul, I must add that regardless of whether I vote for him or another candidate in the March Texas Republican Party Primary, I recognize that Dr. Paul's vision is quite possibly the one that most closely mirrors both my view and that of the Constitution.