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Originally Posted by MartinSE
I don't think it was off topic - the poster I replied to was promoting that states should make the decisions, it was a States Rights issue and the Federal Government should stay out because abortion was not mentioned in the Constitution.
My reply was pointing out there are a lot of places where the Fed's provide a baseline law, and states can then "improve" on that law if they want to.
There are many "unenumerated" rights that we enjoy - right to marry, right to marry people of other races. Right to privacy is not mentioned, you want police to be able to break down your door and barge in because they want to, without a warrant?
This opens a real can of worms (as someone pointed out earlier).
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Exactly. What's next, some state's deciding that they're fine with
"separate but equal" (not covered in original COTUS/BOR), and hard-earned equality for minorities - is now left up to individual states? A whole lot of racists/bigots/white supremacists, are licking their chops thinking about this huge slippery slope.