Women had more reproductive health rights during the time the Founders were writing the Constitution than they have in Red-states today! https://theconversation.com/abortion-decision-cherry-picks-history-when-the-us-constitution-was-ratified-women-had-much-more-autonomy-over-abortion-decisions-than-during-19th-century-185947 https://thec…
Women had more reproductive health rights during the time the Founders were writing the Constitution than they have in Red-states today!
https://theconversation.com/abortion-decision-cherry-picks-history-when-the-us-constitution-was-ratified-women-had-much-more-autonomy-over-abortion-decisions-than-during-19th-century-185947
https://theconversation.com/supreme-courts-selective-reading-of-us-history-ignored-19th-century-womens-support-for-voluntary-motherhood-186682
Their are reasons the Founders omitted abortion from the Constitution:
1. The 1st Amendment - Freedom of Religion vs. the State adopting a single religious view on when conception begins, etc.
2. The 4th Amendment - Freedom from illegal search and seizure vs. the State incentivizing citizens to spy on and harass their fellow citizens.
3. The Founders abhorred the "Witch Period"
https://theconversation.com/most-witches-are-women-because-witch-hunts-were-all-about-persecuting-the-powerless-125427
4. The Founders wanted to reduce factionalism:
https://billofrightsinstitute.org/primary-sources/federalist-no-10
In summary:
https://theintercept.com/2022/05/04/roe-abortion-supreme-court-samuel-alito/