Pro-Lifers' Assault on the Constitution...

At the start of each new Congress, all federally elected officials take an oath of office.  The original oath developed by our first Congress was simple:  "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States."

The current oath was enacted in 1884 during President Lincoln’s term.  It is:

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

Basically, if you are in the House or Senate of the United States of America, you swear to uphold the Constitution, written to serve ALL our citizens regardless of their personal beliefs, race or cultural backgrounds.  Therefore, the fact many of you are sponsoring or co-sponsoring at least 10 pieces of legislation (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/13/943185/-HR3-HR-217-HR-358-Life-Threatening-Legislation)surrounding the social issues of fetal rights, abortion and funding in these areas, is a direct conflict with that oath.  

In 1919, a similar assault on our Constitution occurred.  Battles over another social issue involving alchohol was raging out of control in this country.  Proponents for prohibiting the production, use, sale and consumption of intoxicating beverages in the United State of America were able to elect enough representatives to Congress who were favorable to their cause that the 18^th Amendment was wrongly passed.  Prohibition began...

Like the current fetal rights and anti-abortion advocates, proponents of Prohibition claimed they “…would protect families, women and children from the terrible effects…” of abuse of alcohol.   (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeal_of_Prohibition) If one substitues the word ‘abortion’ for ‘abuse of alcohol’ in the preceding sentence, the arguments sound pretty similar and are just as wrong.  YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE SOCIAL ISSUES…

By 1933, the 21^st Amendment repealed the 18^th.  Many of the former proponents for the 18^th Amendment switched sides and started working for its repeal citing “…the effects of Prohibition were morally corrupting families, women, and children…and that repeal would protect families from the corruption, violent crime, and underground drinking that resulted from Prohibition.”  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeal_of_Prohibition) 

Today, our legislators are again in conflict with the Constitution and wasting prescious time on the irreconcilable moral issues surrounding abortion.  (Their time would be better spent taking care of all the abused, neglected and hungry children who exist by the millions in the USA...This problem does fall under their purview!)   

A handful of politicians are choosing to ignore the 1973 ruling of the Supreme Court in which Roe v. Wade upheld the Constitution and a woman’s right to control what she does with her body.   This famous precedent aired ALL the Pro-Lifer’s arguments against abortion.  The Justices' ruling was made DESPITE all the scrutiny and pressure brought on them by various right-to-life groups to do otherwise.  Luckily, their decision has prevented the deaths of countless women who were previously forced to go to back alley butchers to terminate a pregnancy. 

Please review the wisdom voiced by Mr. Justice Blackmun when rendering the opinion of the Supreme Court in Roe v Wade:

“We bear in mind, too, Mr. Justice Holmes' admonition in his now-vindicated dissent in Lochner v. New York, 198 U.S. 45, 76 (1905):”

[The Constitution] is made for people of fundamentally differing views, and the accident of our finding certain opinions natural and familiar or novel and even shocking ought not to conclude our judgment upon the question whether statutes embodying them conflict with the Constitution of the United States.”

Justice Holme's statement substantiates the fact, in this country, forcing a particular opinion by law is against freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution and Bill of Rights.  Pro-lifers refuse to accept that reality.  Sadly they have manipulated proponents of their groups into our Congress.  These representatives, ignoring legal precedents, are picking away at the foundation of these guarantees.  Pushing their biased legislation is a blatant violation of their oath to “…support and defend the Constitution of the United States…”

According to Merriam Webster the definition of a traitor is:

1: one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty

2: one who commits treason

And the definition of treason is:

1: the betrayal of a trust…

2: the offense of attempting by overt acts to overthrow the government of the state to which the offender owes allegiance…

To all those who are trying to legislate these social agendas:

1. You took and Oath of Office for the United State of America
2. You know the Constitution and the Freedoms guaranteed by it
3. You are aware the issues of Abortion have already been ruled on by the Judicial Branch of our Government
4. If you choose to ignore a, b, and c, you, therefore, satisfy the accepted definitions of a Traitor committing Treason

Currently, many representatives fall within these definitions.  Their actions are an affront to generations of men and women who have given so much to assure the freedoms wisely penned in our Constitution.   So why doesn't the House of Representatives begin impeachment proceedings against members who blatantly snub their noses at the Constitution in favor of special interest groups' agendas?  Allowing this practice to continue unabated within these hallowed halls is unacceptable, further weakening our great country.  We want it stopped...NOW.