U. S. State Department claims that a right to privacy exists in the U. S. Constitiution
by
Geoff Staples
on Thu 28 Jul 2005 06:34 AM CDT
According to the U. S. State Department website, we have a right to privacy and it is in the constitution. So, how can Roe vs. Wade be overturned and the guarantee of the right to control one's own body be revoked?
United States Department of State Website
— C H A P T E R 6 —
Privacy
The right of the people to be secure in their persons,
houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches
and seizures, shall not be violated?..
— Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The enumeration in the Constitution,
of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or
disparage others retained by the people.
— Ninth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge
the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States;
nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty,
or property, without due process of law?.
— Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Rights, while often perceived as absolute, are never static or unchanging. Freedom of speech means that people for the most part have the right to say what they think, but the means by which they say it, the opportunities they may have to express themselves, do change over time, and as a result the nature of the right also changes. Technological developments, as well as social and cultural evolution, may affect how we think of particular rights, and these changes may also determine how those rights are defined. No better case exists than the right to privacy, a right that is not mentioned in the Constitution, and yet a right that the courts and the people have invested with constitutional status. ...
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