Timeline for Do any national US politicians exist who are pro-choice, but oppose Roe v. Wade on constitutional grounds or vise versa?
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| Jun 24, 2020 at 0:41 | comment | added | Paul Draper | Actually, I take that back...the OP contradicts itself in "Pro life = abortion should be outlawed by all states in an ideal government." Because that is Paul's view. (He doesn't think the Constitution would have to be amended.) | |
| Jun 24, 2020 at 0:36 | comment | added | Paul Draper | This doesn't answer the question. Rand Paul (1) is pro-life and (2) does not believe the Constitution guarantees abortion rights. (Now, he also doesn't think the Constitution outlaws abortion...but that's not what was asked.) | |
| Apr 26, 2015 at 22:30 | comment | added | lazarusL | I think Rand Paul definitely doesn't fit the bill of a pro-lifer that thinks Roe v Wade was a good decision. Here's an example “When the Supreme Court handed down its now-infamous Roe v. Wade decision, it did so based on a new, previously undefined ‘right to privacy’ which it ‘discovered’ in so-called ‘emanations’ of ‘penumbrae’ of the Constitution,” Paul wrote. “Of course, as constitutional law, it was a disaster. But never once did the Supreme Court declare abortion itself to be a constitutional right.” | |
| Apr 26, 2015 at 22:28 | comment | added | lazarusL | +1 For the Benjamin Wittes article. I'm still interested to see if anyone with political power has said anything positive about the position the article takes. | |
| Apr 26, 2015 at 20:05 | history | answered | Lostinfrance | CC BY-SA 3.0 |