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May 2026There is a lot of controversy over abortion laws. Some say we need to pass new statutes that allow a baby to be killed up until he or she reaches a certain age measured in weeks. Others say we need to keep the old law which bans all abortions except in certain limited circumstances. No one wants to attack the right to life so, instead, it has been suggested that we need to decide at what age a baby becomes a life. But who has the authority to make such a decision? Who could possibly grant such authority at all?
God made it clear in Jeremiah 1:5 when He said: “Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee…” It is clear that God knew each and every one of us before we were conceived so to even suggest that a baby isn’t really a person or a life until some arbitrary, man-decided age is unthinkable to me. But, in spite of this, what if the legislature approves, and the governor signs a bill into law that says babies may be killed up until a certain number of weeks? It’s the law. Right?
Wrong! And I’m about to show you why.
First of all, remember that the Constitutions (50 state and 1 US) are the highest law of the land. No mere state or federal statute can violate or overrule them. This truth has been upheld in courts. One of the most famous cases is that of Marbury vs Madison (1803) in which Chief Justice John Marshall stated that “a law repugnant to the Constitution is void.”
So, what do the Constitutions say about abortion? Wisconsin Constitution Article I Section 1 says: “All people are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Words matter. So, what do the words indicate as to who has the right to life? ALL PEOPLE. WE do not get to decide who qualifies and who does not. That right, along with all other rights, came from God and belong to all people. No exceptions.
How about the US Constitution? What does it have to say about life? Check out Amendment V: “No person shall be...deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law…”
So, we see that, in the Supreme Law of the Land, the US Constitution, no one can be deprived of life without due process of law. To keep this article short, I will not explain the whole due process of law but it must begin with one of the people claiming, under oath, to have been harmed and it must end with a decision from a proper jury. First of all, who is going to claim, under oath, to have been harmed by an unborn baby? How about a Jury? Can that unborn baby be brought before a jury to decide guilt or innocence of willfully harming another one of the people? Do you see how ridiculous that whole idea is?
So, the Constitutions protect even the unborn baby. No one can have their life taken unless Due Process of Law is satisfied first. Every single abortion ever performed has been in complete violation of law and every mother and abortionist can be held accountable for taking that innocent life. It is written!
Those of us who want to see all abortion ended completely have the law behind us — regardless of what some legislative statute may say to the contrary. All we have to do is refer to the Constitutions, the highest law of the land. We need for the people to begin learning and understanding what the Constitutions really say and then holding our trustees accountable to them. After all, they are the contract that every elected person swears an oath to uphold. And it is a universally accepted, fundamental (or maxim) of law that punishment is due if the words of an oath be false.
Rob Murphy is the Constitution Party of Wisconsin Representative, 6th District.
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