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hlthe2b

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5. "Abortion not mentioned in constitution, neither is "woman" But Alito is wrong. 13th Amendment

Reply to Thunderbeast (Original post)

Thu May 5, 2022, 04:34 PM

May 2022

is the argument to attack this because forcing a woman to carry a pregnancy to term is enslavement.

Others are beginning to point this out, but the outlaw of slavery is the argument: the 13th Amendment abolished slavery & involuntary servitude. Forcing a woman to bear a child is involuntary servitude. No one has a right to use someone else’s body against their will, even if it saves a fetus.

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