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The 14th amendment encompasses a triad of privileges or immunities, equal protection, and/or due process. Basically, state laws can’t deny to any citizen within its jurisdiction any privilege or immunity. Once a law is passed, arbitrary enforcement of it against any person within the state’s jurisdiction violates equal protection. Furthermore,...
A procedural vote in the U.S. Senate earlier this week defeated yet another bill to defund Planned Parenthood. This latest attempt arose after a series of undercover videos emerged suggesting that the organization may have been willing to sell fetal organs from late-term abortions to tissue companies. While Planned...