To the editor:
The Declaration of Independence clearly states that we are all created "with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."The concern of the framers of the Constitution to protect these rights had a major influence in the construction of the Constitution. Nowhere in the Constitution do you find any support for the elimination of human life without due process of the law. In fact, the 14th Amendment states "nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law."
There is no legally acceptable or clearly presented part of the Constitution that supports abortion and the destruction of an unborn human being.
The flimsy structure of what is used to justify abortion is based on the vague interpretation of First, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Amendments as suggesting the right of privacy and this is twisted to justify abortion. In sharp contrast to this, the right to life as presented in the Constitution is clear and definite.
Why can't people see the picture? Is there any difference in the horrible tearing apart of an innocent child's body while still in the womb or taking a defenseless baby out of its crib and putting it on a railroad track where a train would crush and mutilate it? Actually, there is no difference. It is plain gruesome murder in both cases.
Jess R. Bushman
Provo